Clinical Leadership Opportunity in Patient Flow & Transport

Shape and optimise patient transport systems while leading high-performing clinical teams to deliver safe, timely care.

Job details

Your new role:

As the Nurse Manager – Patient Transport, you will provide strategic and operational leadership to ensure safe, efficient and clinically appropriate patient transport services across Metro South Health. You will:

• Lead and manage patient transport operations, including discharge, inter-hospital and interstate transfers, ensuring optimal patient flow and service delivery
• Provide expert clinical advice, leadership and support to multidisciplinary teams to enable best-practice patient transport outcomes
• Oversee financial, contractual and resource management, including Non-Urgent Non-Ambulance (NuNa) transport services and performance reporting
• Drive continuous improvement, quality, safety and compliance initiatives aligned with organisational goals and healthcare standards

About you:

You are an experienced and motivated nursing leader with a passion for improving patient flow and delivering high-quality healthcare outcomes. You have:

• Demonstrated advanced clinical expertise in patient flow, transport logistics and healthcare systems, with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Proven leadership experience managing teams, resources and complex operations within a healthcare environment
• Strong capability in data analysis, financial management and driving service improvements through evidence-based practice
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence, collaborate and lead change across multidisciplinary teams

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• 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.

Unit Profile

The Metro South Health (MSH) Patient Flow Program's (PFP) primary objective is to support the ability of the health service to maximise capacity for patient care and resource allocation by using a patient centred approach that promotes timely access to safe, quality care. This is achieved through the adaptation of contemporary and creative strategies that eliminate constraints in a patient's journey.

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.

Documents

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

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS04679882 Role Description (PDF)