Address Role details
The Care In The Right Setting at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Nurse Practitioner to joIn Their team on a permanent full time basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
The Nurse Practitioner is a Registered Nurse who demonstrates advanced and expanded clinical skills, knowledge and high-level capacity to translate these into contemporary evidenced based care for acute patients in HiTH or in a residential aged care environment. The Nurse Practitioner provides effective autonomous and accountable health care that incorporates application of high-level knowledge and skills at an advanced level of nursing practice, including assessment and management of clients to ensure safe and optimal care. This includes but is not limited to; the direct referral of clients to other health care professionals; prescribing medications; and ordering diagnostic investigations.
It is the purpose of this role to provide expert knowledge and clinical skills, utilising a case management model, and coordinate the comprehensive care of patients for Hospital In The Home (HiTH) and RaSS consumers.
The role increases available support for residents to receive Care In The RACF's where it is safe to do so, and the resident agrees to it.
Reviews the patients with In The Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) at GEDI/RaSS CNC or medical staff request, who would otherwise be sent to an Emergency Department.
Reviews are supported by the provision of inpatient hospital standard acute care substitution withIn The RACF to those patients meeting appropriate criteria.
Has a special interest in care of older persons.
About the Team
The Care In TheRight Setting (CaRs) program aims to improve access to health care and reduce the demand on hospitals by improving flow and promoting The RightCare In The Right time for The Right outcome. The CaRS Team includes Hospital in The Home (HiTH), Residential Aged Care Facility Support Service (RaSS) and Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention (GEDI) care providers. Patients receive quality care that is tailored to their individual health care needs.
The HiTH service is a hospital substitution service with the expressed aim to provide medical, nursing and allied health care to patients In Their home environment. Without a HiTH Service, eligible patients would otherwise be admitted to hospital for monitoring/treatment in a traditional inpatient bed.
The RaSS model provides Care In partnership with RACF's and GPs to improve patient choice of care setting and the quality and safety of care across the care continuum.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service 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 Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply).
