Unit Profile
- The Health Equity, Access and Care Coordination unit is focused on providing contemporary and evidence-based models to facilitate equitable and seamless access and care coordination to patients and families across Children's Health Queensland.
- The unit brings together services across the continuum of care that facilitate access and/or support all patients and families of CHQ to effectively navigate their healthcare journey. Services within the Health Equity, Access and Care Coordination unit include:
- CHQ Connected Care Program
- CHQ at Home (Hospital in the Home and Home Ventilation)
- Navigate Your Health
- Specialist Outpatient Access Team (CHQ Specialist Outpatients Contact Centre, Referral Room, Interpreter Services and Telehealth Services)
- Indigenous Health Liaison Officers.
- The unit is further focused on facilitating and coordinating equitable access and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and families.
It is essential that the person who holds the position be an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person. It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 that applicants are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Your Opportunity
- The position of Assistant Director of Nursing - Health Equity, Access and Care Coordination provides contemporary operational and professional nursing leadership for the services located within and connected to the unit.
- The role shapes 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.
- The position will 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.
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:
- Up to 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 excellent to work at CHQ HHS here.
**It is a mandatory condition of employment for this role to be**:
- vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16
- Vaccinated against COVID-19 as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 12/21 and the Queensland Health Human Resources Policy B70This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
📌 Assistant Director Of Nursing, Health Equity
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Brisbane