Nurse Navigator

About Us
Children's Health Queensland is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
We are committed to collaborating with all of our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high-quality patient and family-centred care.
A recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, education and research, Children's Health Queensland delivers a full range of clinical services, tertiary level care and health promotion programs.

**We provide an integrated network of services through**:

- The Queensland Children's Hospital
- The Child and Youth Community Health Service
- The Child and Youth Mental Health Service
- Statewide services and programs, including specialist outreach and telehealth services
- Partnerships with other hospital and health services and non-government organisations

Children's Health Queensland provides services from key locations in the Brisbane metropolitan area and works with the 15 other hospital and health services as well as NGOs and charity partners in Queensland to deliver an integrated network of healthcare services and support across the state.

**Your Opportunity**:
The Nurse Navigator (Paediatric Transgender) is a Registered Nurse accountable for the provision of specialised knowledge and advanced clinical practices supporting patients and families within the state-wide service provided by the Qld Children's Gender Service (QCGS). The role involves leading the coordination of integrated care of gender clinic patients outside of the metro Brisbane area. Gender healthcare involves multidisciplinary care and this role encompasses existing models of care at CHQ and provides a nurse-led model of care for a sub set of this population with complex care and coordination needs. The Nurse Navigator (NN) role focuses on patient-centred health care and aims to facilitate the patient journey through the complex health system, state-wide. This role aims to lead and facilitate a safe and efficient patient journey across the care continuum through the reduction of service fragmentation, educating and empowering individuals and families and coordinating patient care. The NN role utilises advanced mental health clinical and leadership skills, and knowledge to deliver a positive patient centred health experience for individuals.
The NN is accountable to provide safe, quality and cost-effective family-centred paediatric nursing care that is consistent with contemporary standards.
The NN is the lead nursing role with the QCGS, working closely with the Coordinator Queensland Children's Gender Service to support colleagues/peers with clinical decisions as well as overseeing the management of medical care delivery through clinical practice within the outpatient department at Queensland Children's Hospital.
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.
Some roles within Queensland Health are designated as 'Vaccination Preventable Disease (VPD) risk roles'. A VPD risk role is a role in which the incumbent may be exposed to the risk of acquisition and/or transmission of a VPD. Please refer to the attached Role Description for more information and what requirements may exist.