Division of Cancer Services at the Princess Alexandra Hospital are looking for Clinical Nurse Consultant - First Nations, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse, Disabilities Cancer Care Coordinator to join their team. The Division of Cancer is a highly developed, multidisciplinary cancer service providing tertiary and quaternary level, comprehensive adult cancer services for Metro South Health and the wider Queensland community for a range of cancer related conditions with further expansion of the service to include Paediatric radiation oncology services.

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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

• Provide clinical leadership and expertise for the planning and coordination of complex cancer care for First Nations, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and persons with a disability within the Division of Cancer, through the application of advanced clinical knowledge, skills, and experience. This includes the provision of timely and consistent cancer care knowledge, education, and support to patients with cancer and their carers/families prior to, and throughout their treatment journey.
• Responsible for providing clinical consultancy to patients, carers and staff relevant to Division of Services First Nations, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse and Persons with Disabilities speciality.
• Provide expert assessment to inform clinical care planning and deliver advanced nursing practice to improve patient care outcomes.
• Collaborate with and support the Division of Cancer healthcare team to deliver safe innovative and contemporary best practice care, throughout all phases of the cancer continuum.

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: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

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.

• MS07648000_HP (PDF, 430KB)
  Role Description
  
  MS07648000_NG (PDF, 446KB)
  Role Description
  
  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