Clinical Nurse Consultant (Child and Family)

Clinical Nurse Consultant (Child and Family)

Department of Health - Queensland

Longreach

Full-time, On-site

This role involves leading the provision of expert, evidence-based child and family healthcare, utilising advanced clinical expertise to achieve significant outcomes for children and families.

Key responsibilities include:

• Championing the implementation of the Putting Qld Kids First strategy.
• Driving best practice, clinical excellence, and continuous improvement across the service.
• Inspiring and mentoring multidisciplinary teams through expert clinical leadership, guidance, education, and support to build capability and deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
• Providing expert clinical leadership in child and family health clinical practice, aligned with contemporary and evidence-based models of care within the child and family health team across the Central West Hospital and Health Service (CWHHS).
• Actively facilitating clinical, professional, and organisational learning.
• Proactively managing clinical change to address emerging needs relevant to Child Health Nursing.
• Providing direct and indirect care as required.
• Collaborating with staff to ensure safe, quality healthcare.
• Delivering integrated, family-centred services that promote optimal health, wellbeing, and developmental outcomes for children.
• Playing a key role in advancing the Putting Queensland Kids First initiatives to drive improved health and wellbeing outcomes for children and families across the region.

About Central West Hospital and Health Service:

Our work environment is diverse and rewarding, reflecting the unique and dynamic nature of Central West Queensland. Our extensive health services cover nearly 20.6 percent of Queensland, encompassing seven local government areas and reaching 18 distinct communities. While geographically expansive, we are conveniently located a two-hour flight from Brisbane.

Benefits:

• Generous employer superannuation contribution up to 12.75%.
• Salary packaging to increase take-home pay.
• 17.5% annual leave loading.
• Career development opportunities.
• CWH provided housing or rental assistance.

Application Instructions:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your CV accompanied by a signed and dated statement: “this is a true and correct representation of my work experience”.
• A relevant and concise cover letter addressing the ‘How you will be assessed’ section of the attached role description.
• Completed VPD paperwork.

Conditions of Employment:

It is a condition of employment for this role that the employee is, and remains, vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and hepatitis B during their employment.

For further insight into Central West Health, please visit our YouTube channel: Central West Hospital and Health Service.