Clinical Nurse - Macleay Ward

Queensland Health; Cleveland; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly environment

Research excellence

Career development

Job summary

Queensland Health’s Redland Hospital invites an experienced Registered Nurse to lead clinical excellence in the Macleay Ward. You will provide advanced leadership, coordinate care for complex medical patients and support a high-quality, person-centred care approach across the nursing team.

You will foster education, research, audits and evidence-based care while partnering with the wider healthcare team to drive safety and excellence in patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical knowledge in general medicine, chronic disease and/or acute geriatric medicine.
• Strong leadership, critical thinking and delegation skills.
• Experience contributing to education, quality initiatives, audits and practice improvements.
• Excellent communication and collaborative problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced assessment and care planning for diverse medical patients.
• Offer clinical leadership and guidance to the nursing team and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Coordinate ward operations, mentorship and quality improvement activities.
• Contribute to education, audits, research and evidence-based practice.

Skills

Advanced clinical leadership

Education and mentorship

Quality improvement

Research and evidence-based practice

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Lead Clinical Excellence at Redland Hospital

Multifaceted Clinical Nurse opportunities spanning clinical leadership, education, research and quality improvement

Your new role:

As a Clinical Nurse within Macleay Ward, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and person-centred care to patients with complex medical needs, while supporting the wider nursing and healthcare team to achieve safe, high-quality outcomes. You will:

• Provide advanced assessment, care planning, coordination and delivery of comprehensive nursing care across a diverse medical patient cohort, including acute and chronic conditions and the care of older people.
• Provide clinical leadership and expert guidance to the nursing and multidisciplinary team, including effective delegation, supervision, problem-solving and decision-making in complex clinical situations.
• Support ward operations through shift coordination, staff development, mentoring, change management, quality improvement, risk management and effective utilisation of resources.
• Contribute to clinical education, research, audits and innovation while promoting evidence-based practice, professional development and a strong culture of patient-centred care.

About you:

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Registered Nurse who brings advanced clinical capability, strong leadership skills and a commitment to delivering outstanding person-centred care.

• You have advanced clinical knowledge and experience in general medicine, chronic disease and/or acute geriatric medicine, with the ability to assess, plan and evaluate complex nursing care.
• You demonstrate strong clinical leadership, critical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the confidence to coordinate care, delegate effectively and support your team in complex situations.
• You are committed to continuous learning and to developing others, with experience contributing to education, quality initiatives, clinical audits, practice improvements and evidence-based care.
• You communicate effectively and build collaborative relationships, demonstrating integrity, accountability and a consistently high standard of personal and professional practice.

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 role
• You’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.

Unit Profile

Macleay is a 26-bed general medical ward and provides care across a 24-hour continuum. Located on the ground floor of the main building, the geographic layout of the ward includes: four, four-bed bays, two, two-bed bays and six single rooms.Macleay caters for several medical specialties, including respiratory, endocrine, cardiac and other acute and chronic medical diagnoses. Care of the older person is a significant component of the patient cohort at any one time: including patients with dementia, delirium diagnoses.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our 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.