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Seeking a motivated Nurse Research Clinical Nurse to join our highly regarded Intensive Care Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

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Your new role:

We are seeking a motivated Nurse Research Clinical Nurse (NRCN) to join our highly regarded Intensive Care Unit at Princess Alexandra Hospital. In this developmental role, you will contribute to nurse-led research that shapes practice and improves patient outcomes. You will:

• Support and undertake high-quality, ethically sound research under the guidance of the Professor of Critical Care Nursing.
• Contribute to literature searches, research proposals, ethics/governance applications, and data collection.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary ICU team to integrate research with holistic nursing care.
• Promote a culture of evidence-based practice, education, and quality improvement.

About you:

You are a clinically experienced ICU nurse with a passion for advancing nursing research and practice through inquiry, collaboration, and innovation. You will possess:

• A minimum of three (3) years' ICU experience.
• Strong critical thinking, clinical leadership, and problem-solving skills within a complex healthcare environment.
• Demonstrated interest or experience in research processes, project work, or academic writing.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development, quality improvement, and person-centred care.

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What we can offer you:

• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

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.

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• MS09657593 Role Description (PDF, 516KB)
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  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
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