About the Team
The Assistant Director of Nursing - Integrated Ambulatory and Speciality Care Services is responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality tertiary and quaternary ambulatory care within the Division of Medicine, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS). The Division of Medicine provides general and specialist paediatric care to children and young people living in Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The Division of Medicine also delivers state-wide paediatric speciality services, including rehabilitation medicine, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, oncology and haemophilia services.
About the Role
The Assistant Director of Nursing - Integrated Ambulatory and Speciality Care Services provides strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership for specialist nursing groups across the Division, including ambulatory and outpatient services within the Division of Medicine. The role has a strong focus on advanced practice nursing leadership, ensuring nurse practitioners, clinical nurse consultants and nurse navigators are supported to practise at the top of scope, deliver high-quality, patient-centred care, and contribute to service innovation and system improvement.
The role is accountable for strengthening professional nursing practice, clinical governance and capability across ambulatory services, embedding contemporary standards, regulatory requirements and professional frameworks within everyday practice. This includes building and sustaining a strong nursing leadership pipeline through coaching, mentorship, succession planning and targeted workforce development, aligned to current and emerging service needs.
A core function of the role is to ensure ambulatory and advanced practice nursing models are evidence-informed, contemporary, leading practice and future-focused. Through active national and international collaboration and benchmarking, the role identifies and implements innovative models of care, professional practice frameworks and workforce approaches that position the Division at the forefront of ambulatory care delivery.
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
If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, 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.
