Assistant Director of Nursing

About the role

As the Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) - MSH Patient Flow Program, you will provide strategic nursing leadership and operational oversight that ensures safe, effective, and efficient patient care.

Providing high-level professional and operational nursing leadership across the Patient Flow Program.

Driving innovative models of care and patient flow strategies to maximise capacity and improve outcomes.

Leading fiscal and resource management, ensuring compliance with governance frameworks.

Collaborating with executive teams, multidisciplinary staff, and external partners to deliver integrated care.

Supporting education, workforce capability, and research-driven improvements in clinical practice.

About you

We are looking for an experienced nursing leader who brings both strategic vision and operational expertise to drive excellence in patient flow.

You will demonstrate:

Strong leadership experience in patient flow, emergency, or acute care settings.

Expertise in data analysis, fiscal management, and service redesign.

Ability to lead teams through change management, governance, and quality improvement.

Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.

Proven capability in workforce development, mentoring, and education strategies.

What we can offer you:

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.

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

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.

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