About us
The Blood Borne Virus and Sexual Health Service provides assessment, screening, diagnosis and treatment as well as education and health promotion to the communities within Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service. The service has a focus on at risk population groups whose behaviours or social disadvantages may put them at a greater risk of contracting a blood borne virus or sexually transmissible infection.
Job Description:
To promote and support clinicians and other health professionals to conduct contact tracing for persons diagnosed with sexually transmissible infections across Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service. To provide direct support for complex contact tracing scenarios as required. To promote and support the public health management of STIs/BBVs. You will need to have high level knowledge and experience of contemporary approaches to STI/BBV contact tracing.
Required Skills and Qualifications:
Bachelor of Nursing is a required qualification for this position. Completion of or working towards a Sexual and Reproductive Health Program course approved by the relevant authorities and ability to complete the application for recognition as an Advanced Practise Nurse within a Sexual and Reproductive Health Program to supply medications under a Drug Therapy Protocol. Further relevant post graduate tertiary qualifications are also desired. Delegated authority to perform the role of Contact Tracer as outlined in the Public Health Act 2005 is a requirement or willingness to obtain delegated authority. And specific experience in STI/BBV contact tracing is highly desirable.
Benefits:
This role offers ongoing professional development and education opportunities, flexible work-life balance and variety, generous salary sacrificing options, paid parental leave, employee assistance program (EAP), discounted private health insurance, fitness passport, and vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) requirements. It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases.