Role details

The Ambulatory Care Team at the Mackay Base Hospital are seeking applications for a Clinical Nurse (Wound and Stoma) to join their team on a permanent basis.

How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

The Clinical Nurse coordinates the management of patient/client care and provides advanced level patient-focused evidence-based nursing care and plans.  The Clinical Nurse also provides leadership, support and education to other nursing staff and students in Outpatient Clinics and on the wards.

Wound and Stomal Therapy Management Service encompasses pre and post-operative care, management and ongoing support for patients and their families with chronic, complex wounds, burns and stoma (including Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy's).  The Clinical Nurse runs a daily OPD clinic, while also providing support and education to staff and inpatient wards.

The Clinical Nurse provides continuum of care through:

• Patient assessment and collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Wound assessment and relevant diagnostic evaluation (acute and chronic).
• Using appropriate dressings and wound care products.
• Initial and ongoing assessment and management of burns, in collaboration with RBWH.
• Pre-operative education and stoma site placement, and ongoing stoma education and support.
• Pre and post-op counselling pertaining PEG, initial management and ongoing support.
• Providing follow up contact and ongoing support to patients and families in an outpatient setting.
• Ability to work within the multi-disciplinary team for wound and stoma management.

About the Team

Ambulatory Care aims to facilitate a holistic and quality health service for adults across the continuum, to achieve quality outcomes for all patients ensuring optimum management, safe discharge and appropriate follow up care.  As part of our hospital continuum of care strategy we empower/enable our patients to manage their chronic disease and to feel safe and supported in their home.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ )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). ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme )