Clinical Nurse Neonatal Service

Location: Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Metro South Health
Permanent Full-time / Part-Time and Casual positions available
Salary: $107,960 to $115,604 per annum / $66.97 to $71.71 per hour

About the Role
The Clinical Nurse (CN) role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning, and coordination skills in the clinical management of neonates with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met. This role works autonomously within the healthcare team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing, and delivering of neonatal specialist nursing care. The CN provides clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education, and research. The role supports in management activities including portfolio responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Delegate to and supervises Registered Nurses (RN’s), Enrolled Nurses Advanced Skills (ENAS’s), Undergraduate Students in Nursing (USIN), Enrolled Nurses (EN’s), Assistant in Nursing (AIN’s) and undergraduate students as required consistent with the NMBA decision making framework and CN standards for practice.
  • Provide expert clinical leadership in patient’s/resident’s/client’s assessment, care planning and practice and role model to and collaborate with the healthcare team.
  • Responsible for and able to function in complex situations while providing support and direction to the healthcare team.
  • Act as a clinical and educational resource within an area based on knowledge, skills, and experience to inform evidence-based practice.

Skills & Experience

  • Whilst not mandatory, Bachelor of Nursing/Midwifery would be well regarded in line with the Australian Qualification Framework and Magnet®/Pathway to Excellence® principles.
  •  A post graduate qualification or currently enrolled in a post graduate program in a relevant area of study is highly desirable.
  • Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) as a Registered Nurse (RN). Certified copies of the required information must be provided to the appropriate supervision/manager prior to the commencement of employment.
  • Demonstrate advanced level clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management and delivery of comprehensive person-centred care.
  • Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the relevant standards and processes; engage in incident investigation, risk mitigation strategies that foster and support safe practice.
  • Demonstrate application of advanced clinical leadership through effective delegation, communication, problem solving and critical thinking.
  • Demonstrate advanced assessment care planning and evaluation of complex neonatal nursing care and practice.

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Interested?
Apply HERE, or if you wish to discuss the role before applying, contact Katharine Lawlor, NUM Neonatal Unit, on 07 3299 8709 for a confidential discussion. 

Unit Profile
Neonatal Service, Logan Hospital currently provides specialist neonatal in-patient services to the Logan-Beaudesert catchment. A family centred care model supports the safe delivery of care to unwell and preterm infants from 32 weeks gestation, as per the Clinical Services Capability Framework (CSCF) v3 2010. The Clinical Nurse/Midwife works within the multidisciplinary team to provide quality, individualised care that supports infants and their families through collaborative partnerships, mutual respect and shared decision making.

The Neonatal Inpatient Unit (NIU) has 26 beds, inclusive of High care, Special care and two “transition to home” rooms. The Neonatal Service also provides care in an outreach model to eligible neonates at the mother’s bedside in the Maternity Inpatient Unit (MIU). Additionally, care is provided to eligible neonates at home through the Neonatal Early Discharge Program (NEDP). The Neonatal Service has potential for growth and expansion as well as an increased level of service to meet the requirements of an increasing population within the Logan catchment area. This will involve redesignation as a level 5 Clinical Service Capability Framework (CSCF).

We are Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane’s south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Person Centred Care
Metro South Health is committed to providing Person-Centred Care. Our patients and their families are important members of the healthcare team to ensure care matches their values, preferences, and goals. Our patients, families and community are also key partners in the development and implementation of high-quality services. MSH aims to continually improve the quality and safety of its health services through partnerships with patients, families, and consumers.

Professional Excellence Programs
Magnet Recognition and Pathway to Excellence Designation are credentials attained by healthcare organisations that epitomise exceptional quality and professionalism, promote positive work environments, support lifelong learning, and deliver safe quality care. Achieving Magnet Recognition or Pathway to Excellence Designation ultimately recognises our valuable nurses and midwives, the highest quality of care they deliver, the support they receive, opportunities available, the team environment, commitment and spirit that we are extremely proud of.

Metro South Health proudly holds Magnet Recognition at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and Pathway to Excellence Designation at QEII Hospital and Addiction and Mental Health Services.

Diversity and inclusion
We are the most culturally diverse area of Queensland with 28.5% of the community born overseas and 16% from non-English speaking countries. Our employees proudly reflect the community in which they work. At Metro South Health 20.5% of staff identify as coming from non-English speaking backgrounds.

Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

Flexible working arrangements
Metro South Health supports and encourages work-life balance for the mutual benefit of Metro South Health and its employees. Work-life balance is about a person’s ability to manage their paid work commitments with their career goals, personal, community and cultural responsibilities. Through flexible working arrangements such as leave, flex time accrual or a reduction in working hours, there is an opportunity to match the individual’s requirements with those of the workplace – delivering quality health services.

You can find out more about Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/

You can also apply for the role on the SmartJobs website at https://smartjobs.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-MS03623167

The advertisement for this vacancy will close at 11:59pm on Thursday, 27th March 2025.

Posted 4 March 2025.