Nurse Practitioner Candidate, Older Persons Integrated Health Service

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

Nurse Practitioner Candidate, Older Persons Integrated Health Service

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD

The Older Persons Integrated Health Service (OPIHS) integrates care of the older person across the emergency department, in-patient acute and sub-acute care, and community settings. OPIHS is a seven- day service which incorporates the clinical streams of Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI), Older Persons Liaison Service (OPELS), RACF support services (RaSS) and Older Persons Enablement and Rehabilitation for Complex Health Conditions (OPEN ARCH). The aim of the service is to provide timely and appropriate care for the older person which will avoid unnecessary community deterioration in health, reduce avoidable hospital presentations, reduce unnecessary hospital admissions, and facilitate early and safe discharge from hospital.

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role:

• 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.

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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