Lead the Way in Specialist Dementia Care

Make a meaningful difference by delivering expert dementia care that supports people to remain well in their community while empowering others through clinical leadership, education and innovation.

Job details

Your new role:

As a Clinical Nurse within the Dementia Outreach Service, you will play a pivotal role in delivering specialist dementia nursing care across residential aged care facilities and the community. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will provide advanced clinical expertise while supporting best practice, education and service improvement.

• Provide advanced assessment, care planning and specialist clinical management for people living with dementia and complex care needs.
• Deliver clinical leadership by mentoring staff, supporting evidence-based practice, and contributing to education, quality improvement and service development.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, residential aged care providers and community partners to achieve person-centred outcomes and reduce avoidable hospital presentations.

About you:

ou are a compassionate and experienced Registered Nurse with a passion for improving the lives of people living with dementia. You thrive in collaborative environments, enjoy leading others and are committed to delivering exceptional, person-centred care.

• Demonstrated advanced clinical knowledge and experience in dementia care, including assessment and management of people with cognitive impairment and complex care needs.
• Proven ability to provide clinical leadership, build capability in others and foster strong collaborative relationships across multidisciplinary teams.
• Highly developed critical thinking, communication and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work autonomously and manage competing priorities.

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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:

Community and Oral Health Services:

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

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)
  
  MS08688666 Role Description (PDF)