More First Nations people die from cancer than other Australians. Help lead a bold new collaboration to close the gap at our country’s leading cancer research & trial centre.
- Need advanced leadership, clinical/professional practice + (ideally) post grad study
- Registration with the NMBA as an RN: Bachelor of Nursing/Midwifery desirable
- 2-year contract negotiable to Nurse Grade 7 with personal ties to the indigenous community
Officially known as First Nations Clinical Nurse Consultant Care Coordinator, this new role will ‘sweep out the old’ to replace it with a timely new system of care …
A collaboration between several major organisations – including a world-renowned research hospital, top university and non-profit interests – has come up with a promising strategy to radically improve health outcomes for First Nations Australians. It’s been calculated that by embedding special clinical nurses (consultant care coordinators) at metropolitan and regional Queensland hospitals, cancer outcomes for First Nations Australians can be greatly improved.
For this role, it is essential that the person is an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person as they will require:
- An understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, and
- An ability to communicate sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
It is therefore a genuine occupational requirement under section 25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991.
Using the clinical and operations expertise of warm and nurturing Consultant Care Coordinator Nurses – themselves professional people of indigenous identity – patients and their families will be personally ushered, step-by-step through all the complexities and related procedures from the initial cancer diagnosis towards better outcomes.
And as they help First Nations patients and their families navigate a safer, more efficient and culturally grounded journey through cancer care, these Navigator Nurses will be imbedding a new, needs-based system, that operates from diagnosis right up to palliative and end-of-life care.
For you – the Clinical Nurse Consultant Care Coordinator – the three primary foci will be:
- Coordinating patient care.
- Facilitating system improvement.
- Creating partnerships within the broader care team with the aim of improving patient outcomes.
This role is the very first of these new life-changing positions to be offered…
To be appointed as Queensland’s inaugural Clinical Nurse Consultant Care Coordinator, you will need:
- a driving passion for providing strong and useful support to people diagnosed with cancer – and their families.
- a genuinely warm, caring and nurturing nature and a high level of empathy … the very same attributes that probably made you decide to become a nurse in the first place.
- proven formal qualifications – as per above – with any Post Grad a definite benefit.
- worthwhile professional and clinical expertise in collaboration with nursing and midwifery and multi-disciplinary stakeholders. Not necessarily in a hospital setting.
- Great, natural communications and interpersonal skills that operate at all levels.
- And of course, you must identify as a person of the First Nations community.
- Proof of qualification and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as a Registered Nurse (RN). Bachelor of Nursing/Midwifery desirable.
To be considered please send your an application to apply@windsor-group.com.au quoting reference KJNRSE or call Kaye Jeffers on 07 3211 0001.
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