The Clinical Nurse ¿ Surgical Planning & Access (SPA) plays a pivotal clinical leadership role in ensuring equitable and timely access to surgical care for children and young people across Queensland. This includes direct responsibility for coordinating surgical access both within Queensland Children¿s Hospital (QCH) and through external outsourcing pathways, in alignment with clinical urgency and strategic service planning.

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About the Role

Your contribution will include:

Domain 1: Direct comprehensive care or provision of direct care

• Accountable for Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and own standards, actions and the outcomes of own nursing practice, professional advice given and for activities delegated.
• Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the nursing Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks and Planetree philosophy of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs. This supports achievement of best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.

Domain 2: Support of Systems

• Adhere to established guidelines, protocols, procedures, standards, and systems of work as set out by the SPA, The Division of Surgery and Perioperative Services, CHQHHS and Department of Health, Queensland.
• Delegate to and supervise RNs, ENAS's, USIN's, EN's and AIN's consistent with the NMBA decision making framework.

Domain 3: Education

• Act as a clinical and educational resource within an area based on knowledge, skills, and experience to inform evidence-based practice.
• Responsible for updating and managing own contemporary nursing specialist knowledge, competence, and capability.

Domain 4: Research

• Integrate advanced theoretical knowledge, evidence from a range of sources and own experience to devise and achieve agreed care outcomes for patients/residents/clients in line with organisational priorities.
• Participate in developing and undertaking quality initiatives, clinical audits, clinical trials and research.

Domain 5: Professional Leadership

• Act as a clinical leader, with integrity, transparency and accountability.
• Provide clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education and research.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

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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, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit 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.

• Clinical Nurse Surgical Planning and Access - RD (PDF)
  
  CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF)
  
  CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF)