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 Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) provides contemporary operational and professional nursing leadership for the MSH PFP nursing and administration staff. The role shapes clinical and corporate governance; and provides the coordination of service delivery, human and material management, expertise in health care team communication and highly developed data analysis and fiscal management to deliver safe, quality, effective and efficient healthcare provision.

The ADON has highly developed data analysis skills and the ability to provide high level advice on Patient Flow strategies to the Director of Nursing MSH PF & CCS and MSH executive teams.

• This role reports operationally and professionally to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­the Director of Nursing MSH PF & CCS.
• Has Metro South responsibilities and or accountabilities.
• This position has operational and professional responsibility of approximately 10 FTE.
• Responsible and accountable for cost centre management in accordance with Metro South Health (MSH) Financial Sub-Delegations Manual and MSH Human Resource Sub-Delegations Manual.
• Responsible for portfolios and other duties as delegated and or directed.
• Collaborate with nursing and midwifery colleagues, interdisciplinary stakeholders, committees and advisory groups which support operational and strategic functions of the patient flow.
• Plays a strategic role in supporting and coordinating the patient's journey underpinned by the principles of delivering coordinated patient care; establishing partnerships across different health providers and sectors; improving patient outcomes; and enabling improvements across the system.
• Works collaboratively across MSH within an interdisciplinary environment to facilitate best practice and high-quality patient outcomes.

 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 ).