Associate Clinical Nurse Consultant - Transitions

About the Team

The Integrated Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) provides complex secondary and tertiary level health care. CYMHS offers specialised mental health services for families with infants, children and young people (birth to 18 years) who experience severe and complex mental health problems, and where their needs cannot be met by other services. 

About the Role

Domain 1: Direct comprehensive care/provision of direct care

• Demonstrate advanced level clinical and problem-solving skills; expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management and provision of person-centred care.
• Build good rapport with patients and effectively prioritise and plan own time to deliver a flexible and holistic person centred care and service within designated timeframes.

Domain 2: Supports of Systems

• Demonstrate an understanding of policies and guidelines in relation to safe quality care
• Demonstrate the ability to effectively manage human, material and financial resources utilising the Business Planning Framework.

Domain 3: Education

• Demonstrate an understanding and application of the Life Long Learning framework to inform practice resulting in a capable, competent and safe healthcare team.

Domain 4: Research

• Demonstrate knowledge and application of an evidence-based practice framework resulting in improved practice outcomes.

Domain 5: Professional Leadership

• Demonstrate application of advanced clinical leadership through effective delegation, communication, problem solving and critical thinking.
• Demonstrate a very high standard of personal and professional behaviour and creates a culture that reinforces personal and professional standards

Clinical/Specialist/Technical Knowledge

• Demonstrate advanced clinical knowledge, skills, and competence in contemporary, recovery orientated child and adolescent mental health nursing practice and theory.
• Demonstrate ability to effectively engage with wide range of stakeholders in the coordination of intake for an inpatient service..

 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.