Clinical Nurse – Transplant | Lead Where It Matters Most
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Clinical Nurse to provide expert, person-centred nursing care within a specialist Transplant Unit in Princess Alexandra Hospital. This role offers clinical autonomy, leadership responsibility, and the chance to influence education, research, and quality outcomes in a highly specialised environment.
About This Role
Your new role:
As a Clinical Nurse – Transplant, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and expert nursing care to patients with complex transplant needs. Working autonomously within a multidisciplinary healthcare team, you will play a pivotal role in planning, coordinating, and delivering high-quality specialist care while supporting education, research, and service improvement.
Key Responsibilities Include
* Delivering advanced, evidence-based transplant nursing care for patients with complex needs
* Providing clinical leadership and expert decision-making across the unit
* Supporting ward and team leadership in the absence of the Nurse Grade 7
* Coordinating care, managing patient acuity, and optimising models of care
About You
You are an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse with advanced clinical expertise in transplant or complex acute care. You thrive in leadership roles, demonstrate strong clinical judgement, and are passionate about delivering safe, compassionate, person-centred care.
You Will Bring
* Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in transplant nursing (liver and kidney highly desirable)
* Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and clinical decision-making skills
* Demonstrated leadership, delegation, and team coordination capability
* Experience supporting education, mentoring, and professional development of others
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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
4BT is the Queensland Adult Renal and Liver Transplant Unit. Our aim is to provide our transplant patients with safe, quality and patient-focused care by applying the Professional Practice Model resulting in optimal patient outcomes
4BT is a fourteen-bed unit located on the fourth floor. The unit has an attached procedure room in which liver and renal biopsy, drug desensitisation, dressings and infusions are undertaken.
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
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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 for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.