The purpose of this role is to provide advanced clinical leadership, education, and supervision in neonatal physiotherapy within the Grantley Stable Neonatal Unit at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care and leading service improvement and research initiatives to enhance neonatal outcomes .

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About the role

The purpose of this role is to provide advanced clinical leadership, education, and supervision in neonatal physiotherapy within the Grantley Stable Neonatal Unit at the Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care and leading service improvement and research initiatives to enhance neonatal outcomes.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Provide professional leadership and direction for the delivery of neonatal physiotherapy clinical services, utilising expert clinical knowledge and skills to achieve optimal outcomes for complex neonatal cases.
• Integrate evidence-based practice with expert knowledge to lead and collaboratively develop physiotherapy professional standards and directly influence multidisciplinary neonatal care practices.
• Lead and coordinate innovative neonatal care within the GSNU and BOPPS teams, providing strategic direction, clinical training, mentoring, supervision, and support for high-quality service delivery.
• Lead and collaborate on relevant quality improvement and research initiatives within the neonatal team and physiotherapy department, ensuring outcomes that improve consumer health experiences and clinical standards.
• Demonstrate effective communication, advocacy, and negotiation skills to support service delivery, enhance teamwork, and ensure positive stakeholder and family engagement.

Health Equity

It is expected that all Metro North Health staff, including the incumbent of this role as a valuable member of the Metro North workforce, contribute to the health equity agenda and meet the intent of supporting the defined six actions that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), by actively supporting the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racism; supporting increased access to health care; influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health; supporting the delivery of sustainable, culturally safe and responsive health services; and recognise the importance of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review the health and support services we provide.
Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed.

Benefits when working for us

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to superannuation of 12.75%
• Additional entitlements including leave loading, parental leave, and professional development allowance
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Further information

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

Documents

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

• Application Support (PDF, 860KB)
  Application Kit
  
  Benefits for working with MN (PDF, 1.00MB)
  Application Kit
  
  RB665246 - Role Description (PDF, 589KB)
  Role Description