As a Navigate Your Health Nurse Navigator you will bring an in-depth knowledge of the unique health needs of children and young people in contact with Child Safety and/or Youth Justice systems. The role of Nurse Navigator (Navigate Your Health) is to provide advanced clinical and professional practice, facilitate the safe and efficient patient journey across the care continuum by applying the Nurse Navigator key principals of coordinating patient centred care, creating partnerships, improving patient outcomes, and facilitating systems improvement.

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About the Team

Navigate Your Health is a diverse team of Nurse Navigators that delivers person-centred, trauma informed care to children and young people who are in contact with Child Safety and/or Youth Justice systems. Navigate Your Health works in partnerships with families, and their care teams to improve health outcomes, create positive, culturally safe experiences that build trust and empower children, young people, families, and their care teams. The Nurse Navigator will facilitate the health care journey for children and young people in contact with Child Safety and/or Youth Justice systems 

About the Role

As a Navigate Your Health Nurse Navigator you will bring an in-depth knowledge of the unique health needs of children and young people in contact with Child Safety and/or Youth Justice systems.

The role of Nurse Navigator (Navigate Your Health) is to provide advanced clinical and professional practice, facilitate the safe and efficient patient journey across the care continuum by applying the Nurse Navigator key principals of coordinating patient centred care, creating partnerships, improving patient outcomes, and facilitating systems improvement.

The Nurse Navigator will provide face-to-face engagement and collaboration with Child Safety, Youth Justice, General Practice, and a variety of other Primary and Tertiary Health Care Services including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health services and Non-Government Organisations.

In this role you will coach and support others to deliver for children, young people and families (Leader of Others) in accordance with the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework and the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and 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.

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, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit 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.

• CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF, 837KB)
  Application Kit
  
  CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF, 862KB)
  Application Kit
  
  649821_NN_NYH_RD (PDF, 463KB)
  Role Description