Clinical Nurse

Queensland Government; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane is seeking a Clinical Nurse to join the General Practice Liaison Officer Program. You will provide expert clinical advice, coordinate care across primary, community and secondary services, and lead initiatives to improve patient pathways.

You will build strong relationships with clinicians, stakeholders and General Practice, offering education and support to enhance healthcare integration and referral processes within Metro South outpatient services.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with advanced clinical knowledge.
• Experience in coordinating care across primary, community and hospital settings.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical advice and coordination to support General Practice and Metro South outpatient services.
• Build relationships with clinicians and stakeholders to improve patient pathways.
• Lead change and provide education to enhance healthcare integration.
• Navigate referral processes and specialist outpatient services.

Skills

Advanced clinical knowledge

Problem-solving

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Job description

Your new role:As a Clinical Nurse within the General Practice Liaison Officer Program, you will play a key role at the interface between primary, community and secondary care. Working autonomously, you will provide expert clinical advice, coordination and problem-solving to support General Practice and Metro South outpatient services. You will build strong relationships with clinicians and stakeholders, identify opportunities for improvement and provide clinical leadership, education and support to enhance healthcare integration and patient outcomes.You will,Provide a key contact point for General Practice to navigate Metro South outpatient services and referral processes.Strengthen communication and coordination between primary and secondary care to enhance the patient journey.Build and maintain relationships with primary care clinicians through consultation, liaison, practice visits and resource coordination.About you:You are an experienced Registered Nurse with advanced clinical knowledge, strong problem-solving capability and the ability to build effective relationships across healthcare settings. You will bring a collaborative approach, confident communication skills and an understanding of General Practice, specialist outpatient services and referral pathways. Your ability to lead change and work across organisational boundaries will be highly valued.You have,Advanced clinical, critical thinking, planning and coordination skills.Strong knowledge of General Practice, primary care, specialist outpatients and referral processes.Excellent communication, consultation, negotiation and stakeholder engagement skills.What we can offer you:We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your roleYou'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.About us:Princess Alexandra Hospital:The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCEOur values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.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 better together.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.