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Form of workMackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork.
Our workplace is fast paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success.
Role details
The Emergency Department at the Mackay Base Hospital are seeking applications for a Clinical Facilitator (Clinical Nurse) to join their team on a permanent basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
The Clinical Facilitator (CF) is accountable for supporting, educating, and developing the knowledge and skills of the emergency nursing workforce. CFs practice autonomously, provide leadership, apply critical thinking skills and have a strong focus on enacting teaching strategies. Clinical facilitation is delivered at the point of clinical care to support clinicians in achieving skill acquisition and practice development. The CF will support nurse progression in accordance with the lifelong learning framework, assist in achieving mandatory training requirements, and with achieving the requirements of the Transition Support Program (TSP) – Emergency.
About the Team
The Emergency Department (ED) is a level 4 (Clinical Services & Capabilities Framework). The ED provides 24-hour 365-day service for the reception, assessment, treatment, observation, admission and discharge of adults and children with urgent and non-urgent illnesses. This includes:
- The management of medical and surgical conditions.
- The management of trauma patients.
- The management of paediatric illnesses (medical, surgical and orthopaedic).
- The management of psychiatric illnesses – adult and paediatric.
- The management of obstetric and gynaecological cases.
- The extended observation and management of patients in dedicated short-term treatment area.
- The management of patients following sexual assault.
Physical Structure:
- 2 Resuscitation bays.
- 4 High Dependency bays with capability to provide full resuscitation.
- 16 physical acute bed spaces inclusive of paediatric patients.
- Green Zone – 8 bays and 3 consult rooms (including a sexual assault room), designed to review Cat 3,4,5 patients.
- Separate entrance for QAS and general public access.
- 2 negative pressure / isolation room.
- Short-term treatment area (mixed adult and paediatric patients) – 12 beds funded, with 14 physical bed spaces.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ ) has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements.
- Flexible working arrangements.
- A diverse work culture.
- Career development.
- Professional development opportunities.
- Education opportunities, Study and Research.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Discounted Private Health Insurance.
- Fitness Passport.
Workforce attraction incentive scheme
You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 1, the scheme is available to health workers that relocate from interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $20,000 in incentive payments under the
