Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS) is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research. With a dedicated team of more than 5000 people, our point of difference is in the way we provide care to children, young people and their families every day. This is through our steadfast commitment to providing patient and family-centred care at every level of our service and our continuous drive for service and operational excellence.

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About Us

Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.

A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.

We provide an integrated network of services through:

• The Queensland Children's Hospital
• The Child and Youth Community Health Service
• The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
• Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
• Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations

Unit Profile

The Nursing Pool provides a highly skilled and flexible paediatric workforce to meet the emergent, short term and peak demands for staffing for Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service.

The key objectives of the service are:

• Safe, high quality and clinically effective specialist paediatric health care delivered in a clinically appropriate time as cost effectively as possible.
• An engaged, productive and harmonious workforce with the right qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.
• A collaborative family-centred approach in which children, young people and their families are at the centre of all we do and are engaged with mutual respect and timely, open communication. 
• Zero serious safety events in a culture where staff are constantly aware of the potential for harm, report problems, learn from experience, and strengthen the defences that protect patients, staff and others from harm
• Consistent delivery of a patient experience that exceeds patients', families' and referrers' expectations.
• Continuous drive for innovation and improvements in the way holistic family-centred complex paediatric nursing care is provided.

Your Opportunity  

The Registered Nurse (RN) working at the QCH delivers safe compassionate clinical care; working collaboratively with the Healthcare team to achieve best practice patient outcomes. The RN engages in reflective, analytical practice through effective assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of direct person-centred care. Nursing Pool staff are recruited and managed to maintain the required level of competence to practice safely in the specialised areas in which they are deployed.  Pool nurses are aware of their personal responsibility to maintain a high level of competence in paediatric nursing and are provided with relevant opportunities for learning and professional development including performance development and planning (PDP).

What CHQ HHS can offer

Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities, and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:

• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Work/life balance, variety and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as ‘Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.

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.

• 601366 - NG5 Nursing Pool QCH - RD (PDF, 83KB)
  Role Description
  
  CHQ_Job Applicant information kit_Feb 2023 (PDF, 985KB)
  Information Package for Applicants