Nurse Practitioner - Respiratory

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service; Sunshine Coast Regional; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 207,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness program

Career training and development

Salary packaging

Job summary

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service invites a Nurse Practitioner to join the Respiratory Nursing Team in Birtinya, QLD. The role provides clinical leadership within our nurse-led model of care, overseeing a team of Clinical Nurses in the community and delivering outpatient clinics to patients with respiratory needs.

The successful candidate will lead education for patients, promote high-quality care, and maintain professional standards in safety and quality initiatives, in line with

Qualifications

• Provides clinical leadership within respiratory care
• Oversees clinical nurses in the community
• Delivers outpatient clinics for respiratory patients
• Promotes education and safe, high-quality care

Responsibilities

• Adhere to defined service quality standards and safety policies
• Fulfil responsibilities under Nurses and Midwives Award – Nurse Grade 8
• Understand and participate in safety and quality improvement activities
• Practice according to ethics, professional standards and scope of position

Skills

Clinical leadership

Respiratory care

Outpatient clinics

Education

Job description

Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service – Birtinya QLD

We're excited to welcome a Nurse Practitioner to our Respiratory Nursing Team.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

The Respiratory Nurse Practitioner provides clinical leadership within our respiratory nurse-led model of care. The role oversees and supports a team of Clinical Nurses working in the community, and is responsible for delivering outpatient clinics, supporting patient education and providing expert respiratory care.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Adhere to defined service quality standards, health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
• Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with Schedule 2, Nurses and Midwives (Queensland Health Award) – State 2015 – Generic Level Statements Nurse Grade 8 and the Queensland Public Service values.
• Understand your broad responsibilities for safety and quality in healthcare, actively participate in continuous quality and safety improvement activities within the workplace and notify a relevant clinical or non‑clinical responsible officer when concerns exist about workplace or patient safety.
• Practice in accordance with code of ethics, professional standards and legislation affecting nursing practice by maintaining current knowledge and competence within scope of position.

Remuneration based pro rata on equivalent full time value up to $188 624 p.a., comprising salary rates: $79.85 - $83.47 p.h. employer contribution to superannuation (12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (Nurse Grade 8 (Fixed term temporary part time position, for up to 6 months).

Why work for us?

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non‑clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work‑life balance. As a Queensland Health employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/careers

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

• A wellness program;
• Career training and development; and
• Salary packaging.