About the Team
The Paediatric Palliative Care Service (PPCS) is a statewide multidisciplinary service providing consultancy and holistic care for children with life-limiting conditions and their families, supporting local care teams and communities. QuoCCA, led by PPCS and funded by the Australian Department of Health, delivers paediatric palliative care education across the state to improve access and quality of care.
About the Role
The Clinical Practice Facilitator plans, facilitates and evaluates learning opportunities in partnership with the relevant Nurse Educator. The Clinical Practice Facilitator provides advanced clinical care within a specialty area, supporting the functioning of the unit through the application of leadership, best practice teaching and learning strategies and education portfolio management.
Your contribution will include:
Domain 1: Direct comprehensive care or provision of direct care
Accountable for Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and own standards, actions and the outcomes of own nursing practice, professional advice given and for activities delegated.
Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the nursing Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks and Planetree philosophy of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs. This supports achievement of best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.
Domain 2: Support of Systems
Adhere to established guidelines, protocols, procedures, standards, and systems of work as set out by the Learning and Workforce Development division, CHQHHS and Department of Health, Queensland.
Demonstrate participation in developing, evaluating and updating clinical service procedures, protocols, standards and guidelines.
Domain 3: Education
Act as a clinical and educational resource within an area based on knowledge, skills, and experience to inform evidence-based practice.
Responsible for updating and managing own contemporary nursing specialist knowledge, competence, and capability.
Domain 4: Research
Integrate advanced theoretical knowledge, evidence from a range of sources and own experience to devise and achieve agreed care outcomes for patients/residents/clients in line with organisational priorities.
Participate in developing and undertaking quality initiatives, clinical audits, clinical trials and research.
Domain 5: Professional Leadership
Act as a clinical leader, with integrity, transparency and accountability.
Provide clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education and research.
About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)
Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Inclusion and diversity
To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.
Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS
Come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Competitive renumeration
Annual pay increases
75% employer superannuation contribution
5% annual leave loading
Salary packaging
Employee wellness and assistance program
Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.
