Assistant Director of Nursing - Child & Family Health, Queensland HealthWe are looking for an experienced Assistant Director of Nursing to lead and shape Child and Family Health services across Darling Downs Health. You will work with managers to implement initiatives from the Putting Queensland Kids First Strategy, advocate for services, and drive improvements in equitable, integrated healthcare. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the future of child and family health while collaborating with peers statewide to ensure high-quality care.
What your day will look like…. As the Assistant Director of Nursing for Child and Family Health, your day will involve providing strategic leadership and operational management to ensure the delivery of high-quality, culturally competent services. You'll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement innovative models of care, lead initiatives that promote safety and quality, and support workforce development through mentoring and professional guidance. Additionally, you'll engage with internal and external stakeholders to drive improvements, ensure compliance with healthcare standards, and advocate for child and family health at local and state levels.
Let's talk about you! Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:
Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.Why Us? Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.
Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlementsEducation opportunities, Study and ResearchPaid parental leaveEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)Discounted Private Health InsuranceFitness PassportWork-Life Balance, Variety and FlexibilityGenerous Salary SacrificingApplicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.
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