Clinical Nurse Consultant

Description:

We are Metro South Health
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.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.
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 purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the speciality of VAD. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides direct and indirect care as required and works in collaboration with the wider health care team support the clinical unit in provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical nursing standards of practice for the specialty of VAD.
* Responsible for clinical leadership for QVAD Support through the application of advanced clinical knowledge, skills and competency according to contemporary practice and standards of care.
* Maintain high level of interpersonal and negotiation skills to inform and train the healthcare team of clinical practice updates and research findings within QVAD Support.
* Utilise advanced clinical skills and expertise to support nurses in patient care planning, delivery and education.
* Collaborate with and supports other members of the QVAD Support team to deliver safe clinical practice in alignment with organisation goals and unit priorities.
* Responsible for the content expertise for VAD specialty to provide the highest standards of safe quality care and clinical nursing practice to meet the requirements for person centred care.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
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: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers