Associate Nurse Unit Manager, Emergency Department - Cairns Hospital

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service in Queensland seeks a role to support the Nurse Unit Manager in upholding nursing practice standards, and in managing human, financial and material resources to achieve high-quality, patient-centred care. This position is based on-site across our diverse service area.

You will lead continuous quality improvement projects and policy reviews, contribute to a positive workplace culture, and work with the leadership team to promote safety and

Qualifications

• Monitor nursing practice standards and manage resources to ensure high-quality patient-centred care.
• Lead projects and policy reviews to drive continuous quality improvement.
• Contribute to a positive workplace culture and support leadership teams.
• Promote safety, security and personal integrity of individuals within emergency services.
• Facilitate effective communication and stakeholder consultation across the service.

Responsibilities

• Support the Nurse Unit Manager in monitoring nursing practice standards and the management of human, financial and material resources and implementation strategies to ensure high standards of consumer/person/patient centred care and achievement of service outcomes/targets.
• Demonstrate commitment to continuous quality improvement and best practice principles to optimise consumer/person centred care and organisational outcomes by undertaking projects and research and policy review as required.
• Contribute to a positive workplace culture, including demonstrating self-awareness and reflection and acting in accordance with professional codes and standards.
• Practice collaboratively with the leadership team to promote the safety, security and personal integrity of individuals and groups.
• Provide effective communication, consultation and negotiation throughout the service to ensure involvement of stakeholders in the provision of emergency services.

Job description

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

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.Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About you:

In your new role you will......

• Support the Nurse Unit Manager in monitoring nursing practice standards and the management of human, financial and material resources and implementation strategies to ensure high standards of consumer/person/patient centred care and achievement of service outcomes/targets.
• Demonstrate commitment to continuous quality improvement and best practice principles to optimise consumer/person centred care and organisational outcomes by undertaking projects and research and policy review as required.
• Contribute to a positive workplace culture, including demonstrating self-awareness and reflection and acting in accordance with professional codes and standards.
• Practice collaboratively with the leadership team to promote the safety, security and personal integrity of individuals and groups.
• Provide effective communication, consultation and negotiation throughout the service to ensure involvement of stakeholders in the provision of emergency services.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number ofworkplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

• Besides attractive remuneration
• generous superannuation
• salary packaging
• career development opportunities
• a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest

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