Job Description:
About the role:
This rewarding opportunity will see you join the St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba (SVPHT) as our Clinical Nurse Consultant - Discharge Coordinator. In this role you will ensure effective and timely admission/discharge processes are in place and to case manage patients with an extended length of stay and additionally, to assist the Assistant Director of Clinical Services and contribute towards developing strategies to maximise cost-effectiveness and efficiency in the discharge process.
About the hospital:
St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba is the largest acute private hospital on the Darling Downs. We are a 197-bed facility with highly experienced and skilled staff that work as a team to deliver the highest standard of healthcare to all our patients. Our services include medical, surgical, maternity, paediatric, emergency, cardiac and rehabilitation.
Things that work for you:
- Retail and Travel Discounts; Blue light card a discounted service for frontline workers (available for over 350 brands inc. Big W, The Good Guys, Samsung), JB Hi-Fi corporate benefits, airport lounge membership discounts
- Financial Wellbeing: Salary packaging options up to $15,990, novated leasing, plus an optional Meals and Entertainment card up to $2,650 per annum, competitive hourly rates and paid approved overtime
- Health and Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Program for staff and their families, fitness passport, free uniforms & annual flu vaccination, ability to purchase annual leave, discounted hospital admissions at any St Vincent’s Private Hospital, discounted private health insurance through Bupa or Medibank
- Join Australia’s largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services
Things that work for us:
- Registered with AHPRA (Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency) as a Registered Nurse
- Ability to work on a permanent full time basis (38 hours per week)
- Previous experience in community and/or facility (or similar role)
- Effective communication skills at all levels enabling you to achieve best practice
- Consultative and liaison focused service aimed at supporting medical and nursing staff in the assessment, care, management and successful discharge of patients with necessary family and community organisations to ensure the smooth and safe transition out of hospital.
- To ensure effective and timely admission/discharge processes are in place and to case manage patients with an extended length of stay
- You will understand the importance of providing quality care, and you feel rewarded by creating a genuine impact
- Well-developed interpersonal skills that provide the support and nurture for our patients and organisation's needs
About Us:
St Vincent's has been a leader in Australia's health and aged care landscape for more than 165 years. Since our founders, the Sisters of Charity, opened our first hospital in 1857, our services and people have been behind some of Australia's most important medical breakthroughs. With public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs for marginalised people, we are a microcosm of Australia’s health and aged care system and are uniquely positioned to lead and respond to our rapidly changing environment.
Mission and Values:
As both a provider of care and as an employer, St Vincent’s aspires to create an setting that is truly inclusive for all people, always. St Vincent’s is constantly striving for inclusivity and to create and cherish a diverse place of care and work.
Part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. For further information, visit Mission and Values - Reconciliation
Respectfully, no agencies please.
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Employment is subject to the successful completion of all pre-employment checks.
St Vincent's has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) in healthcare settings and evidence may be required for proof of immunity.
Closing Date:
13 December 2025 11:59pm
Reconciliation Action Plan:
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au
View Reconciliation Action Plan
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