Clinical Nurse

Your new role:

We are seeking a dedicated and skilled Clinical Nurse (Clinical Research) to join our Kidney Trials Unit team. In this role, you will play a pivotal part in supporting kidney research trials and delivering specialist nursing care.

• Provide advanced clinical assessment, planning, and coordination for patients with complex kidney care needs.
• Deliver safe, compassionate, person-centred care while ensuring adherence to research protocols and quality standards.
• Lead and support nursing staff through education, mentoring, and role modelling.
• Contribute to clinical research activities, audits, and quality improvement initiatives.

About you:

We are looking for an experienced and motivated nurse who is passionate about advancing patient care through clinical research. You will bring strong clinical expertise, leadership skills, and a commitment to excellence.

• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and experience in kidney and/or transplant nursing.
• Minimum of two years' experience in clinical trials with current Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and IATA certification.
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and leadership skills with the ability to mentor and support others.
• Demonstrated knowledge of research governance, ethics, and clinical trial documentation requirements.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.