Assistant Director of Nursing - Integrated Ambulatory and Speciality Care Services

About the Team

The Assistant Director of Nursing – Integrated Ambulatory and Speciality Care Services is responsible for supporting the delivery of high-quality tertiary and quaternary ambulatory care within the Division of Medicine, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS).  The Division of Medicine provides general and specialist paediatric care to children and young people living in Queensland and Northern New South Wales.  The Division of Medicine also delivers state-wide paediatric speciality services, including rehabilitation medicine, cerebral palsy, cystic fibrosis, oncology and haemophilia services.

About the Role

The Assistant Director of Nursing – Integrated Ambulatory and Speciality Care Services provides strategic, professional and operational nursing leadership for specialist nursing groups across the Division, including ambulatory and outpatient services within the Division of Medicine. The role has a strong focus on advanced practice nursing leadership, ensuring nurse practitioners, clinical nurse consultants and nurse navigators are supported to practise at the top of scope, deliver high-quality, patient-centred care, and contribute to service innovation and system improvement.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.