Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery - Cairns

Cairns & Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Cairns Regional; Sur place; AUD 230 000 - 320 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cairns & Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking an Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery for Cairns to set strategic direction and lead the Nursing and Midwifery workforce across Far North Queensland. You will chair credentialing and scope of practice committees with AHPRA oversight, drive local initiatives, and ensure alignment with Queensland Health policy and service delivery needs.

This leadership role offers the chance to influence workforce development, model of care

Responsabilités

• Set the strategic direction for Nursing and Midwifery services: align workforce with CHHHS strategy and Queensland Health policy.
• Chair the Nursing and Midwifery credentialing and clinical scope of practice committee with AHPRA oversight.
• Develop, monitor, implement and review local nursing initiatives to meet health service delivery needs.

Description du poste

Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery - Cairns

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us:

Serving more than 250,000 people across Far North Queensland, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service delivers a comprehensive range of primary, acute and specialist services. As the region's major referral service, we are committed to excellence in care, innovation, and partnerships that improve the health and wellbeing of our communities.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will…

• Set the strategic direction for Nursing and Midwifery services: develop, monitor and review local initiatives which are designed to ensure that the Nursing and Midwifery workforce is aligned with the CHHHS strategic direction and is consistent with the policy directions of Queensland Department of Health in order to address workforce requirements of recruitment and retention, professional development and alteration to models of service delivery.
• Chair the Nursing and Midwifery credentialing and clinical scope of practice committee to ensure that all Nurses and Midwives are appropriately credentialed and registered with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
• Develop, monitor, implement and review local nursing initiatives based on identified local needs and state-wide initiatives to ensure the Nursing and Midwifery workforce is aligned with identified health service delivery needs.

The successful applicant will receive remote professional mentoring support by a highly experienced EDONM

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

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits . Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west.

The outer western region of our service includes extremely remote communities. Cairns Hospital is the only major referral hospital in Far North Queensland and also provides care for people from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

We provide most specialised health services. A small number of our high-level acute services are done in Townsville and Brisbane.

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