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Assistant Director of Nursing - Safety and Quality, Aged Care Services


Eight Mile Plains Community Health Centre

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Position status Permanent
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 10
Workplace Location Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS09655467
Closing date 03-Sep-2025
Job duration Permanent
Contact person Michelle Winning
Contact details 0457 199 819
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Your new role:

We are seeking an experienced Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) to lead operational and professional nursing practices across Commonwealth Aged Care programs within MSH COHS. In this pivotal role, you will:

Provide leadership in patient safety and quality systems across residential and community-based aged care programs, including Transition Care Programs and the Residential Aged Care Facility.

Coordinate clinical governance frameworks to ensure compliance with Aged Care legislative requirements, the Strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards, and relevant state and federal directives.

Oversee risk management, audit, reporting functions, and consumer partnerships to promote safe, person-centred, and high-quality aged care services.

Advise the MSCOHS Executive and Aged Care Governance Committees on clinical governance and operational matters related to aged care delivery.

About you:

We are looking for a strategic nursing leader with a strong background in aged care service delivery and governance. The ideal candidate will demonstrate:

Comprehensive knowledge of aged care legislation, quality standards, and governance frameworks.

Proven experience in leading safety, quality, risk management, and audit processes in aged care settings.

Strong skills in clinical leadership, team collaboration, and consumer engagement to foster a culture of continuous improvement.

The ability to provide high-level strategic advice and influence key stakeholders at executive and governance levels.

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What we can offer you:

  • We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
  • We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
  • We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
  • You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

Our services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams of nursing and allied health staff with the skills and experience to treat a full range of health needs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 Metro South Health:

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

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

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.

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