Lead First Nations Health Excellence in Primary Care

Drive culturally responsive, person-centred care and lead clinical excellence to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Job details

Your new Role:

As a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC), you will provide advanced clinical leadership within the Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence at Inala Indigenous Health Service. Working in partnership with the Nurse Unit Manager, Nurse Educator and multidisciplinary team, you will deliver expert care across child and family wellness and chronic disease, while shaping service improvement, education, and research. This role combines direct patient care with high-level consultancy, governance, and workforce leadership to ensure culturally safe, evidence-based practice and better health outcomes for First Nations Peoples.

About You:

You are an experienced and values-driven clinical leader with a passion for advancing culturally safe, high-quality care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities—naturally, you also thrive in complexity and make it look effortless. You will have:

• Advanced clinical expertise in Primary Health Care
• Strong cultural capability and commitment to health equity
• Proven leadership in multidisciplinary team environments
• High-level critical thinking and clinical decision-making
• Experience in quality improvement, education and research

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:

Metro South Health is committed to health equity for First Nations Peoples.  The MSH First Nations Health Directorate is responsible for providing support, guidance and feedback on improvement strategies relating to Department of Health. The Directorate's priority will focus on ensuring all First Nations Peoples receive high quality person-centred care, that is culturally responsive and empowers self-care and choice.  There are two main branches forming the Directorate: 

• The Strategy, Culture and Health Equity (SCHE) Units
• Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence, Inala Indigenous Health Service

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.

• MS04680363 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)