Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme ). For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline(PDF) ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/190415/Workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme-guideline.pdf ).

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

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Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west.

About you:

In your new role you will…

• Demonstrate an ability to act as an advocate for midwifery in a broad context and across disciplines using positive role modelling and adherence to corporate values.
• Demonstrate leadership and management capability through the expressed knowledge of team engagement and human, financial, and material resource management principles applicable to operational planning, coordination and evaluation of services including the Business Planning Framework.
• Demonstrate advanced clinical evidence-based skill and knowledge in midwifery, service coordination and interdisciplinary care management, evidenced by feedback, recency of practice and achieved clinical competencies.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will provide advanced management and professional leadership, supporting operation and strategic direction in a specific area of practice supporting the general function of the organisation through the application of specialist knowledge, best practice, leadership and change management.

About your role:

• Provide effective and efficient management of service in collaboration with the Director of Nursing & Midwifery/Facility Manager, clinical and non-clinical staff to facilitate the provision of quality evidence-based care.
• Accountable for providing sound professional leadership in dealing with significant issues related to assessment, planning, review, evaluation, and coordination of service programs in a defined practice area for groups and individuals with diverse requirements.
• Effectively manage self and, in collaboration with Nurse Educators and other Nurse Unit Managers/Clinical Nurse Consultants develop staff to enable fulfilment of role responsibilities.
• Provide effective communication, consultation, and negotiation throughout the service to ensure the involvement of stakeholders in the coordination of patient care.

Mandatory inclusion:

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )