Shape Best Practice in Wound Management and Stomal Therapy!

Make a meaningful difference to patient outcomes through expert wound management, stomal therapy and clinical leadership at Redland Hospital! Temporary full time opportunity!

Job details

This role is a frontline role that provides essential frontline services.

About your role

As the Clinical Nurse Consultant – Wound Care and Stomal Therapy, you will provide specialist clinical leadership and advanced nursing expertise to support the delivery of safe, high-quality, person-centred care across Bayside Health Service. 

In this role, you will:

• Drive clinical leadership, research and service improvement initiatives to strengthen patient safety, prevent pressure injuries and improve wound healing outcomes.
• Provide clinical education, coaching and mentoring to nursing staff, promoting contemporary wound management practices and building specialist clinical capability.
• Lead clinical quality improvement initiatives, supporting the development, implementation and evaluation of wound care policies, guidelines and procedures.
• Deliver specialist clinical advice and consultancy to patients, carers and nursing teams, supporting evidence-based wound care and best practice clinical outcomes.

About you

You are an experienced and clinically confident nursing professional with advanced expertise in wound management and stomal therapy. 

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

• Demonstrated clinical leadership and communication skills, with the ability to provide specialist advice, mentor nursing staff and influence evidence-based clinical practice.
• Highly developed clinical assessment, critical thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to develop and evaluate complex patient care plans.
• Demonstrated expertise in pressure injury prevention and management, wound staging, negative pressure wound therapy and the care of patients with stomas.
• Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in wound care and stomal therapy, including the assessment and management of acute, chronic and complex wounds.

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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.
• 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.

Redland Hospital:

Redland Hospital is the major health centre for adults and children in the Redlands and Brisbane's southern bayside suburbs. We provide a range of services including emergency care, primary health and minor injury care, acute and subacute medicine, general surgery, maternity and paediatric, mental specialist outpatient and mental health care.

It's an exciting time as our Redlands Coast community grows bringing a diverse range of patients & an opportunity to make a real difference in the community. With more beds, new and expanding services the Redland Hospital expansion provides a range of opportunities to pursue and build a long-term career, enjoy a supportive work environment, professional growth opportunities, and a vibrant community!

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.

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)
  
  MS12696710 Role Description (PDF)