Clinical Nurse Consultant

Clinical Nurse Consultant – Digital Health (Clinical Informatics) | UnitingCare Hospitals

Employment Term: Temporary Full Time (6 month) contract with possible extension

Location: Based at Ann Street, Brisbane CBD, and required travel across our UnitingCare Hospitals

Remuneration: $ $73.02/ hr + 12% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Penalties & Allowances

Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Hospitals

We're looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts. To build meaningful relationships and make a difference in the lives of others.

An integral part of our team in UnitingCare Hospitals as a Clinical Nurse Consultant – Digital Health, you'll be encouraged to grow, develop and feel empowered to make the everyday easier for the people we care so passionately about.

Let's make a meaningful difference, together.

 Your part in UnitingCare Hospitals

The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) Digital Health will play an integral role in the delivery, support and maintenance of the hospitals clinical and digital systems. This position is a senior clinical role within the corporate team embedded in our hospitals. Relationship building at all levels of the organisation will be a key competency as the role is integral to the successful delivery and support of digital solutions across the clinical landscape.
 
The role will primarily based in Brisbane but will be expected to travel to our regional hospitals on the Sunshine Coast and Wide-Bay areas as required. 

It is supported by the Digital Hospitals team, Biomedical, Digital and Technology and eHealth teams, the CNC Digital Health is a senior clinical role reporting to the Clinical Informatics Team Lead.

The position will have a varied range of responsibilities, including providing system education to medical and other hospital staff and ensuring systems are implemented, used and maintained to meet the NSQHS and current best practice.  Engagement in workflow analysis, system design, implementations, upgrades and enhancements are core components of the role. There will be occasions where this position will be embedded in projects as the key clinical resource. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible, in collaboration with digital support and project teams, for ensuring UCH clinical systems align with the latest National Safety and Quality Health Service standards and current best practice. 
• Participate in the development and release of clinical system upgrades and build work in order to maintain system currency, including testing/organising the testing programs. 
• Provide systems expertise and advice across the clinical digital landscape 
• Provide advice and advocacy for the corporate digital health roadmap. 
• Engage with stakeholders at all organisational levels to ensure maximum adoption of clinical and digital systems.  
• Vendor management and engagement in consultation with the Clinical Informatics Team Lead, the Digital Hospitals team, the eHealth team and the Digital & Technology project teams. 
• Ensure Continuous Quality Improvement by identifying system or process improvements that will enhance the user or patient experience and safety, and participating in quality improvement activities. 
• Participate in workflow redesign and activities in consultation with the hospitals. 
• Liaise with organisational change managers and project managers to prepare and deliver educational and communications materials across the hospitals.  
• Provision of advice and expertise to Senior Manager, Digital Health and Information Management, General Manager Patient Revenue and Digital Health, Hospitals executive and corporate executive and management teams as required. 

What Makes a difference for us?

• Bachelor Degree in Nursing (or equivalent)
• Operating Theatre experience (Desirable)
• SurgiNet experience (Desirable)
• Post graduate eHealth qualification (desirable)
• CHIA (desirable)
• Experience in the implementation of clinical systems
• Extensive experience with Cerner Millennium at a functional level
• Understanding of and experience in Cerner build and configuration
• Experience in training and education including assisting with the development and delivery of training materials
• Leadership of and engagement with multi-disciplinary teams across the continuum of care
• Business analysis and process redesign
• Flexibility to work across the 4 hospital sites as required (The Wesley Hospital, St Andrews War Memorial Hospital, Buderim Hospital and St Stephens Hospital)

What makes a difference for you? 

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained

• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance 

• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs  

• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme  

• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events  

• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference   

• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others 

We'd love you to be part of our UnitingCare family   

By joining our Hospitals, you'll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we're a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen's Hospital, and St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness. 

Child safe, Child friendly 

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:  

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children  

• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services 

• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur 

Diversity & Inclusion   

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here.  At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.   

Safe workplace   

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.