Lead, inspire and deliver exceptional gastroenterology nursing care.

Join the team at Princess Alexandra Hospital and bring your advanced clinical knowledge and leadership skills to this specialist service, supporting patients with complex gastroenterology needs while contributing to clinical excellence, education and service improvement.

Job details

This role is a frontline role that provides essential frontline services

Your new role:

As part of the Gastroenterology Ambulatory Service at Princess Alexandra Hospital, you will provide specialist nursing care to patients with a range of gastrointestinal and liver conditions. Working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in coordinating complex patient care, supporting clinical decision-making and contributing to the ongoing development of the service.  In this role, you will:

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, care planning and coordination for patients attending gastroenterology outpatient clinics and pre-endoscopy services, including assessment of patient suitability, management of comorbidities and bowel preparation education.
• Provide clinical leadership, guidance and support to the nursing team, promoting best practice, effective resource utilisation and high standards of patient-centred care.
• Contribute to clinical education, research, audits and quality improvement initiatives, supporting professional development and the continuous improvement of gastroenterology nursing services.

About you:

You are an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse with advanced clinical knowledge and a passion for delivering specialist gastroenterology care. You bring strong clinical judgement, leadership capability and the ability to work autonomously while building effective relationships across a multidisciplinary team. You will demonstrate:

• Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in gastroenterology nursing, including the assessment, care planning and management of patients with complex clinical needs.
• Strong clinical leadership, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to coordinate care, support and mentor colleagues, and promote a positive and collaborative team environment.
• A commitment to evidence-based practice, ongoing professional development and service improvement, with the ability to contribute to clinical education, audits and the implementation of best practice initiatives.

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.

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.

Documents

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

• MS11696791_Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)