Clinical Hub Nurse

The QAS Clinical Hub is a multidisciplinary health unit initially established during the COVID-19 pandemic to address increasing demand and mitigate potential patient safety risks. Since this time, the Clinical Hub has evolved to provide 24 hour-a-day statewide clinical risk assessment, early clinical advice, and health navigation for patients following a Triple Zero (000) call.

Role Benefits

• This role is located at one of our Head Office buildings in Kedron (Brisbane Northside).
• Kedron based roles for the QAS have access to benefits such as: free-onsite parking (and ample free on-street parking), free onsite pool and gym, onsite cafe, home mortgage salary packaging benefits, access to flexible work arrangements.

To Apply, You Must Submit The Following

• Your current résumé; and
• A 2-page statement outlining your suitability for this position. Your statement is to include examples and outcomes achieved in previous roles to demonstrate that you possess the key attributes to perform successfully in this specific role. Your statement should address the requirements set out in the basis of selection as listed in the role description.

Before applying, please ensure you read the full Role Description attached. Further information on preparing your application is contained in the Applicant Information Kit. For a confidential conversation about the role, please contact the person listed in the Job Details.

We are seeking applicants who, within the context of the role responsibilities, possess the following key attributes:

• Proven high level ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team in an environment of competing priorities and needs with finite resources.
• Demonstrated high level knowledge and detailed understanding of health service delivery and the issues impacting on the healthcare system statewide.
• Demonstrated ability to recognise the fundamental role of pre-hospital care as a part of the broader patient journey and incorporating this knowledge into clinical decision making to help promote positive patient outcomes and experiences.
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with internal and external clinicians, partners, stakeholders and work groups.
• Demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach to prioritise competing complex patient-related tasks, in a work environment that can be unpredictable and pressured.
• Demonstrate a commitment to education of self and others within the Clinical Hub environment, with a focus of professional development and interdisciplinary knowledge building.

The following mandatory requirements, special conditions and/or other requirements apply to this role:

• Applicants must be registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse and hold a current annual practising certificate. Certified copies of the required information must be provided to the appropriate supervisor/manager prior to the commencement of clinical duties.
• It is an express condition of employment for all people who are to perform roles with direct patient contact to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following infectious diseases during their employment: Diphtheria; Tetanus; Pertussis (Whooping Cough); Hepatitis B; Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR); Varicella (Chickenpox); Influenza. Please note, there may be additional vaccination requirements depending on individual circumstances as specified in the QAS Infection Control Framework.
• Experience working as a Registered Nurse within an Emergency Department or Critical Care setting.
• It is desirable that applicants have clinical experience in patient triage.
• Whilst not mandatory, a post graduate qualification in a related field may be advantageous.
• The position will require participation in a shift work pattern (including weekends and public holidays).

Applications to remain current for 12 months.

Occupational group
Health - Nursing