Clinical Nurse – Lead and Shape Outpatient Referral Care

Play a pivotal role in delivering safe, high-quality outpatient referral care while leading, mentoring, and driving innovation at Metro South Health.

Job details

Your new role:
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Clinical Nurse to join the Central Referral Hub within the Primary Care Partnerships Unit at Metro South Health. In this pivotal role, you will provide advanced clinical expertise, leadership, and support in managing outpatient referrals and ensuring high-quality patient outcomes.
Provide advanced clinical assessment, planning, and coordination of outpatient referrals for patients with complex care needs.
Work autonomously while supporting and mentoring the healthcare team, ensuring adherence to clinical standards and referral criteria.
Lead and contribute to clinical practice, education, research, and management activities, including quality improvement and portfolio responsibilities.
Support the achievement of team and individual Key Performance Indicators aligned with Central Referral Hub objectives.

About you:
You are an experienced nursing professional with strong clinical, leadership, and problem-solving skills who is passionate about improving patient access and outcomes. You thrive in collaborative team environments and bring a proactive, professional approach to your practice.
Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and a relevant tertiary nursing qualification.
Demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge, assessment, and decision-making skills, particularly in referral management and outpatient services.
Proven ability to lead, mentor, and support colleagues while contributing to education, research, and practice improvements.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams and manage change.

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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.

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.

Documents

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

• MS09657766 (PDF, 531KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants