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SalaryDivision of Surgery, Metro South Health are looking for a Clinical Nurse Consultant to join their Stomal Therapy and Would Management team. Stomal Therapy is a specialised unit that provides expert clinical care on a consultancy basis for complex wounds and stoma care throughout the hospital. The department provides a patient and ambulatory care service with Preadmission clinic for colorectal and urology surgical patients requiring counselling. The unit works within a diverse multidisciplinary team to deliver best outcomes for the patients. The Stomal Therapy team act as a resource for pressure injury prevention and management.
Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
The purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the speciality of Stomal TherapyWound Management. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides direct and indirect care as required and works in collaboration with the Nurse Unit Managers, Nurse Educators and wider multidisciplinary health care team support the clinical unit in provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical nursing standards of practice for the specialty of Stomal Therapy and Wound Care.
Continual collaboration with Colorectal CNC to ensure seamless care delivery for Colorectal patients.
- Responsible for clinical leadership for the Stomal Therapy and Wound Managementservices through the application of advanced clinical knowledge, skills, and competency according to contemporary practice and standards of care.
- Coordinate mentoring, preceptorship, role modelling and promote the value of nursing within the multidisciplinary team inthe Stomal Therapy and Wound Management.
- Provide clinical supervision, coaching, mentoring and formal education by coordinating with units and contributing to other educational programs as required.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives ( https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives )
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).
