Nursing - Community, Maternal & Child Health (Healthcare & Medical)
Government - State (Government & Defence)
Full time
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim.
We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services.
We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role The Clinical Nurse (CN) role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of consumers with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met.
This role works autonomously within the healthcare team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing and delivering of Addiction and Mental health specialist nursing care.
The CN provides clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education and research.
The role supports in management activities including portfolio responsibilities.
Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the nursing and midwifery Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks (Magnet or Pathway to Excellence) and Person Centred Care approaches of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs.
This supports achievement of best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.Delegate to and supervises Registered Nurses (RN's), Enrolled Nurses Advanced Skills (ENAS's), Undergraduate Students in Nursing (USIN), Enrolled Nurses (EN's), Assistant in Nursing (AIN's) and undergraduate students as required consistent with the NMBA decision making framework and CN standards for practice.Provide expert clinical leadership in patient's/resident's/client's assessment, care planning and practice and role model to and collaborate with the healthcare team.Responsible for and able to function in complex situations while providing support and direction to the healthcare team.Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.
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