Join our team and use your specialist continence expertise to improve outcomes for clients across Queensland

Use your specialist continence nursing expertise to provide high-quality, person-centred care and make a meaningful difference to the lives of our clients.

Job details

Your new role:

As a Clinical Nurse – Continence, you will provide advanced clinical expertise and specialist nursing care to clients with complex continence needs, supporting high-quality, person-centred outcomes across the Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme (MASS).

• Provide expert clinical assessment, care planning, coordination and management for clients with complex continence, bladder, bowel and pelvic floor needs.
• Work autonomously while providing clinical leadership, advice and support to clients, carers and the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Collaborate with the MASS Clinical Nurse Consultant – Continence to support state-wide continence services, including clinical, product and procedural processes.
• Contribute to education, quality improvement, research and clinical practice initiatives to promote evidence-based and contemporary continence care.

About you:

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse who can demonstrate specialist knowledge, strong clinical judgement and a commitment to delivering person-centred continence care.

• Demonstrated advanced clinical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with experience managing clients with complex continence needs.
• Strong knowledge of contemporary continence and urology practice, with experience in assessment and management of clients with bladder, bowel and/or pelvic floor dysfunction highly desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership, build effective relationships and work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, clients, carers and other stakeholders.
• A commitment to education, professional development, quality improvement and evidence-based practice, with the ability to support the development of others and contribute to clinical innovation.

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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 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.

• We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  MS09692295 - Role Description (PDF)