Your new role:
As the First Nations Nurse Navigator, you will provide advanced clinical leadership, care coordination and advocacy across the patient journey. Working across services and healthcare settings, you'll help reduce barriers, strengthen connections and ensure care is responsive to the needs, goals and cultural context of First Nations patients and their families. You will:
Coordinate person-centred care across primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare settings.
Build trusted relationships with patients, families, carers, healthcare teams and community partners.
Advocate for culturally safe care and help reduce fragmentation and barriers within the healthcare system.
Work collaboratively with the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Directorate, Cultural Coordination Team, IUIH, Mob-Link, local Elders and community organisations.
This is an identified vacancy with a genuine occupational requirement for the position to be filled by an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. Candidates must include a statement in their application outlining if they identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person. Only candidates who meet this requirement will be considered.
About you:
You are an experienced Registered Nurse who brings advanced clinical capability, strong communication skills and a genuine commitment to improving health outcomes for First Nations peoples. You're confident working autonomously while building strong partnerships across multidisciplinary teams, healthcare services and community. You'll bring:
The ability to navigate complex healthcare systems and connect patients with appropriate services and supports.
Experience working collaboratively with patients, families, multidisciplinary teams and community organisations.
An understanding of the social determinants of health and the principles of Primary Health Care.
A relevant postgraduate qualification, or enrolment in postgraduate study, and previous experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health will be highly regarded.
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What we can offer you:
We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About the Logan Hospital:
Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.
We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland. Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
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