Geriatric Emergency NP Candidate Lead Aging Care

Queensland Government; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Candidate to join the Older Persons Integrated Health Service in Cairns. The role involves clinical triage and decision making to support RACF clinicians, with backing from Emergency Physicians and Geriatricians.

The successful candidate will conduct acute gerontic assessments, plan care, and coordinate with hospitals, RACFs, GPs, residents and community groups to ensure appropriate services and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical decision making and advice via telephone triage to RACF clinicians, supported by the Emergency Physician and/or Geriatrician.
• Expert acute / emergency gerontic clinical assessment and care planning skills and use of advanced knowledge of contemporary treatments and outcomes, to facilitate linkage to the most appropriate service to fulfil the resident's acute care needs.
• Communicates closely with staff from hospitals, RACFs, GPs, residents, and community groups at the level of an expert clinician to facilitate a right care, right place approach.
• Works to achieve high quality patient outcomes, reporting against specific key performance indicators.

Job description

Queensland Health is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Candidate to join the Older Persons Integrated Health Service in Cairns. The role involves clinical triage and decision making to support RACF clinicians, with backing from Emergency Physicians and Geriatricians.

The successful candidate will conduct acute gerontic assessments, plan care, and coordinate with hospitals, RACFs, GPs, residents and community groups to ensure appropriate services and outcomes.