Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
About Us
Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.
A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.
**We provide an integrated network of services through**:
- The Queensland Children's Hospital
- The Child and Youth Community Health Service
- The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
- Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
- Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations
Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.
**Your Opportunity**:
The position of Assistant Director of Nursing - Health Equity, Access and Care Coordination will:
- Provide contemporary operational and professional nursing leadership for the services located within and connected to the unit.
- Shape clinical and corporate governance; and provides the coordination of service delivery, human and material management, expertise in health care team communication and highly-developed data analysis and fiscal management to facilitate safe, quality, effective and efficient healthcare provision.
- Partner with Divisional and Executive leadership across the organisation to support equitable and high-quality care provision to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families.
- Leverage existing partnerships across the health sector to advance the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people.
- The position will also work in partnership with the Children's Health Queensland Nursing Leadership to fulfil the accountabilities of this role in accordance with CHQ HHS key performance indicators and Queensland Health's core values, as outlined above.
What CHQ HHS can offer
Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities, and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Salary packaging
- Employee 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.
Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as 'Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.