Lead the Way in Culturally Safe Emergency Care

Lead culturally responsive, person-centred emergency care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Clinical Nurse Consultant – First Nations Emergency Department at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Drive clinical excellence, strengthen health equity and empower positive patient outcomes through expert nursing leadership, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Job details

Your new role:

As the Clinical Nurse Consultant – First Nations Emergency Department, you will provide advanced clinical leadership to improve access, experiences and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples attending the Princess Alexandra Hospital Emergency Department. You will:

• Lead clinical initiatives that promote culturally safe, compassionate and equitable emergency care.
• Support patient-centred follow-up and care coordination, including for patients who discharge against medical advice or leave before completing treatment.
• Mentor, educate and empower staff to strengthen cultural capability and clinical practice.

This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by a candidate indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community. Candidates not meeting this criteria will not be considered.

About you:

You are an experienced Registered Nurse with advanced clinical expertise, strong leadership capabilities and a commitment to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. You bring cultural knowledge, compassion and a collaborative approach to delivering safe, high-quality emergency care. You will have:

• Demonstrated advanced nursing knowledge, sound clinical judgement and experience in emergency care, care coordination and multidisciplinary practice.
• Strong understanding of First Nations health, cultural safety and the importance of respectful, culturally responsive care.
• Proven ability to mentor and support colleagues, influence practice and build effective partnerships with patients, families and healthcare teams.

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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 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)
  
  MS10694726 Role Description (PDF)