About the role

Mater is a dynamic organisation promoting health, wellbeing and independence in a social model to prevent illness, disease and injury. Influencing the agenda for health policy, providing access and equity to health services for our community and encouraging innovation and flexibility to ensure services match community need are a priority.

The NCCU is based within Mater Mothers’ private and public hospitals supporting 10,500 births per annum at Mater. The service consists of 45 intensive care cots and 32 special care cots, and support services such as Mater Babies’ clinic, Growth and Development clinic and retinopathy of prematurity service. Our NCCU is a highly specialised and complex perinatal tertiary referral centre for sick and preterm babies and babies requiring cardiac and surgical care for the Southeast and central Queensland regions and Northern New South Wales.

Salary range: : $75.08 - $76.96 per hour plus 11.5% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900  + access to many staff benefits! 

What you’ll be doing

• Practices autonomously and interdependently at an advanced clinical level, using a framework of evidence based clinical practice. Takes responsibility for the management of patients within own caseload and manages own workload to facilitate patient access within required timeframes.
• Provides an expert patient-centred consultancy practice participating in direct patient care provision across a series of services.
• Consults, communicates, and provides feedback to the relevant Medical Consultants, including the patient's General Practitioner, and other members of the healthcare team involved in the patient's care.    
• Participates in, manages, and facilitates periodic review and implementation of clinical processes, quality indicators and guidelines for specialty.
• Works with Nursing/ Midwifery Unit Managers and colleagues to support and drive succession planning and proactively promotes the role of the nurse in relation to delivery of patient care.
• Leads audit and research and develops interdisciplinary team guidelines and protocols incorporating current evidence-based practice.
• Demonstrates leadership as a role model and expert clinician for the provision of excellence in patient care using evidence-based practice and professional commitment.

About you

Essential:

• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Endorsement/eligibility to obtain endorsement with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Nurse Practitioner.

• Thorough knowledge of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation concepts when planning patient and carers needs.

Desirable: (working towards)

• Minimum of five years’ experience in specific clinical specialty.
• High-level interpersonal, written and verbal communications skills with the ability to engage with internal stakeholders at various levels

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues
• Access to gym, pool and end of trip facilities within our new purpose-built corporate office in Newstead

For more information regarding the role, please contact Amanda Bates at Amanda.bates@mater.org.au

Applications close on 5^th November 2024. Please note, we may contact applications prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.

For more information regarding Reconciliation at Mater, please visit our Reconciliation webpage.