Lead the Future of Lung Cancer Screening and Respiratory Care in Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Join Princess Alexandra Hospital as a Clinical Nurse Consultant and play a pivotal role in the delivery of Queensland's National Lung Cancer Screening Program. This exciting opportunity combines advanced clinical practice, care coordination, service development, education and research within a highly collaborative respiratory service.

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Your new role:

As the Clinical Nurse Consultant – Lung Nodule Program, you will provide expert clinical leadership and coordination for patients with screen-detected and incidentally identified lung nodules. Working closely with respiratory specialists, multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders, you will support patients across the care continuum while helping to implement and grow a nationally significant screening and early detection service.

In this role, you will:

• Coordinate the Lung Nodule Multidisciplinary Case Conference (MDCC) and support multidisciplinary decision-making.
• Provide expert patient care through telehealth, telephone and face-to-face consultations.
• Deliver patient education and smoking cessation support.
• Coordinate weekly Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Team Meetings and associated follow-up activities.
• Develop and maintain streamlined clinical pathways aligned with national guidelines and key performance indicators.
• Collaborate with Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Radiology, Thoracic Surgery and Allied Health teams to ensure seamless patient care.

About you:

You are an experienced and highly motivated Clinical Nurse Consultant who thrives in complex clinical environments and is passionate about improving outcomes for patients with respiratory disease and lung cancer. You bring strong clinical expertise, exceptional communication skills and the ability to lead service improvement initiatives while delivering compassionate, person-centred care.

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Advanced clinical knowledge and expertise in respiratory nursing practice.
• Experience coordinating care for patients with complex respiratory or oncology-related conditions.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication, consultation and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams and facilitate collaborative care.
• Experience leading quality improvement, clinical governance or service development initiatives.

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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:

PAH Respiratory Sleep and Mycobacterial Medicine (RSMM) Department provide a coordinated, holistic tertiary (level 6) inpatient and outpatient service for patients affected with respiratory illnesses utilising a multidisciplinary approach while maintaining a safe environment, thus resulting in optimal patient outcomes and a cost-efficient service. 

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.

• We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS07685418 (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)