CNC Older Persons Health

Central West Health Service; Longreach Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation up to 12.75%

Salary packaging

Annual leave loading 17.5%

Job summary

Central West Health Service is seeking a Clinical Nurse Consultant with advanced expertise in Aged Care and Gerontology to provide clinical leadership, consultancy, and advocacy across the Central West Hospital and Health Service. The role combines direct and indirect patient care with strategic direction, planning, coordination, and evaluation of service delivery.

The CNC will work collaboratively with Nurse Navigators to ensure safe, high-quality care and to drive improvements in

Qualifications

• Advanced clinical leadership in aged care and gerontology.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and consultancy in aged care and gerontology.
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Skills

Advanced clinical leadership

Gerontology expertise

Nursing leadership

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

We care about people | We champion safety and quality | We act with integrity and accountability | We are a capable and confident workforce | We strive to improve

What's involved –

The purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership, operational direction, and advocacy relevant to the speciality of Aged Care and Gerontology. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides direct and indirect care as required and works in collaboration with the Nurse Navigators throughout the Central West Hospital and Health Service. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) will support the provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical nursing standards of practice for the specialty of Aged Care and Gerontology. The role maintains a clinical workload providing clinical decision direction utilizing contemporary gerontology management principles with thorough effective planning, facilitation, coordination, and evaluation of service provision.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service –

Our diverse and rewarding work environment is as unique and dynamic as Central West Queensland itself. Our far-reaching health services cover a region of almost 20.6 percent of Queensland, encompasses seven local government areas, and reaches 18 unique and lively communities.

Expansive in the true sense of the word, the region opens new horizons painted in red earth, blue sky and burnt orange sunsets. It might feel miles away from urban life, but we are just a two-hour flight from Brisbane – well within reach of the city and South East Queensland's beautiful beaches.

As a Central West Health employee, your benefits include:

• generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%;
• salary packaging to increase your take home pay;
• 17.5% annual leave loading;

The locals will tell you a role with Central West Health is more than just a job, and a life in central west Queensland is as iconic as the region that defines it. Be prepared to be embraced by warm, welcoming, and close-knit communities, and caring for and living among the people you work with to make a difference in their lives and yours, every day.

For more insight into what Central West Health has to offer, check out our YouTube channel: Central West Hospital and Health Service.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and hepatitis B during their employment.