Brisbane Metro South Sexual Health Service is seeking an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clinical Nurse to work within Women's Sexual Health. BMSSH provides outpatient clinics at PAH and outreach services across Metro South Health, focusing on STI screening, treatment, HIV testing, management, and pre/post-exposure prophylaxis. They conduct youth clinics for STI testing and nurse-led hospital clinics. The team includes various healthcare professionals. The ideal candidate will be committed to community service, especially Indigenous youth health, and passionate about equitable access to services, aligning with the unit's values.

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We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

• The First Nations Clinical Nurse (CN) role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning, and coordination skills in the clinical management of Sexual Health patients/residents/clients with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met.
• This role works autonomously within the healthcare team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing, and delivering of Sexual Health specialist nursing care with a focus on Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people (A&TSI).
• Work with other like minded health professionals including sexual health physicians, a nurse unit manager, clinical nurses, a clinical psychologist, a contact tracing support officer, and administration officers.
• The role involves providing advanced clinical care, leadership, and education with a focus on First Nations communities, managing complex sexual health cases, youth outreach, and health promotion.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate a genuine commitment to community service, especially in Indigenous youth health, and possess a strong passion for ensuring equitable access to services for all, in alignment with the unit's values.
• Preferred working days are Tuesday to Friday, with hours from 7:30am – 4:00pm (Tuesday to Thursday) and 8:00am – 4:30pm (Friday) to align with clinic open hours.

This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by a candidate indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Candidates not meeting this criteria will not be considered.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 371KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS03620910_3 Role Description (PDF, 514KB)
  Role Description