About us: The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services. We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.
About your opportunity:
The Clinical Nurse is responsible for a specific client population while providing support and direction to Registered Nurses and other non-registered nursing personnel. The Emergency Department promotes a high flow, high level of assessment model of care in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.
About your role:
Provide leadership to effectively plan, manage and evaluate patient care activities at an advanced practitioner level within the specified clinical setting and promote patient flow in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.
Effectively communicate at all levels across the organisation to promote effective team functioning.
Accountable for planning, provision and communication of nursing/midwifery practice including the evaluation and required revision of practice, and for staff and client safety across a shift.
Provide effective and efficient clinical care in the area of clinical specialty and work in collaboration with the Nurse Unit Manager and Clinical Nurse Consultant's to ensure the maintenance of safe standards in patient care.
Undertake quality improvement and evidence-based practice activities to ensure the provision of quality, cost-effective patient care.
As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:
Generous superannuation
Salary packaging
Annual incremental increases
Career training and development
Flexible work arrangements
Wellness programs
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland