Nurse Practitioner Candidate: Geriatric Acute & Community Care

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Candidate for the Older Persons Integrated Health Service (OPIHS) in Cairns, QLD. The role focuses on clinical decision making, telephone triage to RACF clinicians, and advanced geriatric assessment to coordinate appropriate care.

Join a seven-day service across ED, in-patient and community settings to support timely discharge, improve outcomes, and deliver high-quality, patient-centred care for older people in Far

Responsibilities

• Provides clinical decision making and advice via telephone triage to RACF (Residential Aged Care Facility) 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

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking a Nurse Practitioner Candidate for the Older Persons Integrated Health Service (OPIHS) in Cairns, QLD. The role focuses on clinical decision making, telephone triage to RACF clinicians, and advanced geriatric assessment to coordinate appropriate care.

Join a seven-day service across ED, in-patient and community settings to support timely discharge, improve outcomes, and deliver high-quality, patient-centred care for older people in Far