About the Team
9A Inpatient unit is a 24-bed medical Inpatient Area that delivers safe care to General Paediatrics, Gastroenterology and Respiratory patients.
About the Role
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 to the Enrolled Nurse Advanced Skills (ENAS), Undergraduate Students in Nurses (USIN), Enrolled Nurse (EN) or Assistant in Nursing (AIN).
Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the Nursing Services which may include Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks and Planetree philosophy of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs to achieve best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.
Domain 2: Support of Systems
Adherence to established guidelines, protocols, procedures, standards, and systems of work as set out by the medical division 9A inpatient unit, CHQHHS and Department of Health, Queensland.
Delegates to and supervises ENAS's, USIN's, ENs and AIN's and consistent with the NMBA decision making framework.
Domain 3: Education
Contributes to quality care through lifelong learning, preceptorship, mentorship, role modelling and shares information with peers, ENAS's, EN's, USIN's and AIN's.
Educates, informs, counsels and supports patients, families, cares and residents on general and clinical information relevant to patient's care seeking expert advice as required.
Domain 4: Research
Applies evidence-based guidelines to achieve positive patient care outcomes.
Ability to transfer evidence into practice to improve unit outcomes.
Domain 5: Professional Leadership
As a nursing clinical leader, role model best practice in clinical care
Takes a leadership role in the establishment and maintenance of collaborative relationships with members of the HCT, utilising integrity, transparency, accountability and negotiation.
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.
Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.
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
12.75% employer superannuation contribution
17.5% 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.
