Develop your career with Sunshine Coast Health in southeast Queensland which extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

Job details

We're excited to welcome a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) to our Demand Response Unit (DRU).

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

The DRU is a CNC led unit set up through the collaboration of all services to enhance our patient flow and improve timely access to care.

The CNC will demonstrate an advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice and decision making in order to work collaboratively with the other members of the senior nursing and medical teams to drive flow, innovation, manage resources, and meet both service and hospital key performance indicators related to Length of stay. The CNC represents the department in forums and external committees as required at a health service level. Together with the multidisciplinary team the CNC helps to ensure the optimal care and safety of all DRU patients and staff.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice.
• Advanced level of decision making in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.
• Undertakes operational leadership.
• Works collectively to apply the principles of clinical governance.
• Applies professional and clinical expertise in collaboration with nursing and midwifery and multi-disciplinary stakeholders.
• Responsible for enacting strategies that supports a work-based culture that promotes and supports education, learning, research and workforce development.

Remuneration value up to $169,138 p.a., comprising salary between $136,538- $148,242 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (Nurse Grade 7). Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

• A wellness program;
• Generous superannuation;
• Flexible work arrangements;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.

Check out the latest updates here:

https://www.sunshinecoast.health.qld.gov.au/

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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Documents

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

• SC677951_RD (PDF)
  
  Applicant Information (PDF)