Clinical Nurse - Cairns

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration

Superannuation

Salary packaging

Career development

Work-life balance

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service in Cairns, QLD, is seeking an advanced practitioner to provide advanced clinical care within rehabilitation, GEMS and psychogeriatric specialties, ensuring safe standards of patient care.

You will lead planning, management and evaluation of patient care activities at an advanced practitioner level and participate in quality improvement and evidence-based practice, contributing to a dedicated portfolio.

Qualifications

• Advanced practitioner level clinical care.
• Leadership to plan, manage and evaluate patient care.
• Undertake quality improvement and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced, effective and efficient clinical care within rehabilitation, GEMS and psychogeriatric specialty.
• Provide leadership to plan, manage and evaluate patient care activities at an advanced practitioner level.
• Undertake quality improvement and participate in a dedicated portfolio.

Skills

Advanced clinical care

Leadership

Quality improvement

Job description

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us:

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will…

• Provide advanced, effective and efficient clinical care within the rehabilitation, GEMS and psychogeriatric specialty, to ensure the maintenance of safe standards in patient care.
• Provide leadership to effectively plan, manage and evaluate patient care activities at an advanced practitioner level.
• Undertake quality improvement and evidence-based practice and participate in a dedicated portfolio.

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

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What we offer:

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

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