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Clinical Nurse Consultant - Brisbane South Palliative Care Project
Eight Mile Plains, Community Health Centre
Lead Innovation in Palliative Care
Join the Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative as a Clinical Nurse Consultant, leading statewide palliative care education, quality improvement, research and digital health initiatives to improve end-of-life care across Queensland. The role is Temporary Part-time 15.2 hours per fortnight (12-month contract with possibility of extension).
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Part-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS07688148 |
| Closing date | 30-Jul-2026 |
| Job duration | 1 July 2026 - 30 June 2027 |
| Contact person | Dr Greg Parker |
| Contact details | (07) 3156 9779 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As the Clinical Nurse Consultant with the Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative, you'll provide advanced clinical leadership while driving innovative projects that improve palliative and end-of-life care across Queensland. Working alongside multidisciplinary teams and key stakeholders, you'll lead education, quality improvement, research and digital initiatives that support best-practice care. In this role you will:
- Lead and deliver statewide palliative care improvement projects.
- Develop and deliver evidence-based education and training.
- Provide expert clinical advice and consultancy across healthcare settings.
- Drive quality improvement, research and evaluation initiatives.
About you:
You're an experienced Registered Nurse with advanced palliative care expertise who is passionate about improving patient outcomes through leadership, collaboration and innovation. You'll bring:
- Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in palliative care.
- Strong leadership, project management and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Experience delivering education, quality improvement or research initiatives.
- Excellent communication, critical thinking and collaborative practice skills.
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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.
About us:
The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) 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 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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