Make every day different by joining our Nursing and Midwifery Services team. We have a current vacancy as Nurse Manager (Patient Access).

Job details

About us: The outer western region of our service includes extremely remote communities. Cairns Hospital is the only major referral hospital in Far North Queensland and also provides care for people from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

About your role:

• Encourage patient and family participation in decision making with regards to discharge planning or transfer while monitoring this process through compliments, complaints and patient satisfaction surveys.
• Within the Patient Flow Unit, implement agreed strategies when patient flow KPI's are not on target
• Continue to review processes to improve efficiencies, patient care, service delivery, patient outcomes and patient satisfaction.
• Demonstrates sound knowledge of contemporary nursing practice and theory and assists with review and makes recommendations on bed modelling as required.
• Assist with the development of an annual bed management strategy, including a provision for seasonal variations.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

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

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

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

• CAH652163 Role description (PDF, 454KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants