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Form of workAn exciting opportunity exists for Nurse Practitioners to work at the brand new Eight Mile Plains Satellite Hospital. Permanent Full Time and Part Time opportunities are available. Nurse Practitioners will provide and coordinate comprehensive care of patients (both adults and paediatrics) using advanced practice skills in the area of emergency medicine/minor injuries and illness.
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 Nurse Practitioner (NP) will provide and coordinate comprehensive care of patients (both adults and paediatrics) using advanced practice skills in the area of emergency medicine/minor injuries and illness.
- The Nurse Practitioner's practice will be consistent with the Clinical Service Capability Framework (CSCF) of the facility or service and any departmental policies and protocols.
- The role of the Nurse Practitioner LED, EMPSH, LUSCC will:
- Function in a collaborative model with the healthcare team to provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and referral as required.
- Provide safe, quality, cost effective care and practice within the Nurse Practitioner's scope of clinical practice, that is consistent with contemporary standards and evidence-based practice.
- Work collaboratively with the health care team and contribute to enhanced patient outcomes by actively leading and supporting existing and emerging nurse-led models of care whilst maintaining flexibility and responsiveness to evolving patient and service needs.
- Provide referrals to appropriate agencies, including primary health settings.
- Provide coordinated patient centred care, creating partnerships, improving patient outcomes, and facilitating systems improvement.
- Improve the delivery of complex patient care, increase system efficiencies, and reduce costs by streamlining and coordinating care.
- Lead and review processes that support an efficient patient care journey through knowledge of systems and processes enhancing care integration and reducing fragmentation.
- Nurse Practitioners will work across all three sites providing advanced practice skills and leadership across the facilities under Logan Hospital governance.
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.
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 ).
