Clinical Nurse - After Hours Patient Flow

Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service; Miles; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Professional development funding

EAP & health discounts

Fitness Passport

Job summary

Darling Downs Health in Warwick is seeking a Clinical Nurse for After Hours Patient Flow to coordinate patient movement and support clinical teams, ensuring safe, timely care for the community while expanding leadership capability.

You will lead patient flow, coordinate workforce resources, respond to incidents after hours and contribute to quality and safety improvements across the service.

Qualifications

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with the appropriate professional authority.
• Strong clinical leadership and team guidance skills.
• Experience supporting safe, effective care in complex healthcare environments.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient flow and staffing resources to support safe, efficient care across the service.
• Provide clinical leadership and guidance to teams during shifts.
• Lead responses during incidents and after-hours challenges with timely decisions.
• Drive quality, safety and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Resource coordination

Operational decision-making

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Postgraduate nursing study

Job description

Join Darling Downs Health in Warwick as a Clinical Nurse - After Hours Patient Flow and help keep services running smoothly when it matters most. In this rewarding leadership role, you'll coordinate patient flow, support clinical teams, respond to emerging challenges, and contribute to safe, timely care for the community while growing your own leadership capability.

What Your Day Could Look Like

As a Clinical Nurse - After Hours Patient Flow, you'll play an important role in ensuring patients receive safe, timely care while supporting clinical teams across the service. From coordinating patient movement and workforce resources to leading responses during critical situations, you'll help create positive outcomes for patients, staff and the wider community.

Every Day, You'll Contribute By

• Coordinating patient flow and staffing resources to support safe, efficient care across the hospital.
• Providing clinical leadership and guidance that helps teams navigate complex situations with confidence.
• Responding to incidents and after-hours challenges, ensuring timely decisions and effective escalation when needed.
• Driving quality, safety and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen patient outcomes and service delivery.

Let's talk about you!

You're a calm and capable nurse leader who brings compassion, integrity and courage to every shift. You thrive in fast-paced environments, make considered decisions under pressure, and value strong relationships with colleagues and patients alike. You'll take pride in helping teams deliver high-quality care, finding solutions to complex challenges, and creating a positive experience for people when they need healthcare most. You're not just looking for your next role, you're looking for an opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

Here's What Will Help You Thrive In This Role

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with the appropriate professional authority.
• Strong clinical leadership, resource coordination and operational decision-making skills.
• Experience supporting safe, effective care delivery in complex healthcare environments.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving abilities.

You'll stand out from the crowd if you have postgraduate study relevant to nursing practice and experience in rural or regional healthcare settings.

Above all, you'll bring the values we live by at Darling Downs Health: Compassion, Integrity, Dignity, Innovation and Courage.

Help lead safe, responsive care after hours while making a genuine difference for patients, colleagues and community.

Why Join Darling Downs Health?

At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference – and the career possibilities are endless.

Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.

Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.

Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:

• Maximise your take‑home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements.
• Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety.
• Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways.
• Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration.
• Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport.

For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits

Your future is here. Where are you?

If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.

Find out more about us!

Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health: www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns

Occupational group

Health - Nursing