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 to our Alcohol and other Drugs Services team.

The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is required to lead and deliver expert clinical leadership in the provision and coordination of contemporary, person-centred care delivered in a clinical specialty within a dynamic health environment at an advanced level based on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia – Registered Nurse Standards of Practice.

The CNC is expected to demonstrate an advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice and decision making in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

AODS multidisciplinary team provides contemporary clinical service for people experiencing substance use problems in a harm minimisation framework. Services provided are Intake and Referral, Consultancy and advice, Opioid Treatment, including Medication-Assisted Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Counselling and Therapy, Needle and Syringe Program.

The role will primarily provide clinical leadership for the Intake and Counselling and Therapy teams. This position will be integral to the ongoing Alcohol and Drugs of Dependence Service transformation to a tertiary level providing best practice models, inclusive of families/carers and contemporary partnerships, to meet the needs of people with substance use.

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.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Responsibility for explicit professional portfolio content and context expertise.
• Expertise in the provision of direct care and/or support of systems and/or education and/or research and/or professional leadership.
• Consultation and provision of professional advice.
• Responsibility for a cohort of staff reporting to the position.

Remuneration value up to $173 368 p.a., comprising salary between $139 951- $151 949 p.a., employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (NRG7). 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

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• Applicant Information (PDF)
  
  SC682147_RD (PDF)