Assistant Director of Nursing

6 days ago


Brisbane, Australia Queensland Health Full time

Unit Profile
The Assistant Director of Nursing - Patient Flow and CATCH is responsible for the design and delivery of a contemporary and evidence based CHQ Operations Centre including patient flow, safety clinical nurse consultants (CNC) and Clinical Advice and Transport Coordination Hub (CATCH). The CHQ Operations Centre is responsible for the delivery of effective management of all internal patient flow as well as external clinical advice and coordination of inter-hospital transfers in and out of the Queensland Children's Hospital via CATCH. The role will work in partnership with the clinical and divisional leads of CHQ to deliver a safe, efficient and effective patient flow and CATCH service.

Your Opportunity
The Assistant Director of Nursing - Patient Flow and CATCH provides contemporary operational and professional nursing leadership for CHQ's Operations Centre. The role shapes clinical and corporate governance; and provides the coordination of service delivery, human and material management, expertise in health care team communication and highly developed data analysis and fiscal management to deliver safe, quality, effective and efficient healthcare provision.

**This role will**:

- Lead the function responsible for the effective delivery of effective patient flow models and systems for CHQ, utilising data and intelligence to inform the design and implementation of effective patient flow systems.
- Effectively lead the team of Safety CNCs in the delivery of evidence based clinical advice to staff across the QCH as required including in the after hours space.
- Lead the CATCH team to deliver a 24/7 statewide service that coordinates access to life-changing care for children and families by:

- Supporting provision of specialist paediatric advice for clinicians in primary, secondary and tertiary settings and
- Coordinating tertiary and quaternary flows (escalations and de-escalations of care) for acute paediatric patients to ensure safe transport of patients.

What CHQ HHS can offer
Apart from contributing to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, you will also benefit from a competitive remuneration package and a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities and supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing. Additional benefits include:

- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Salary packaging
- Employee 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.

**It is a mandatory condition of employment for this role to be**:

- vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16
- Vaccinated against COVID-19 as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 12/21 and the Queensland Health Human Resources Policy B70.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.



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