Nursing Director, Professional Practice

Your new role:

As the Nursing Director within the Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery Division, you will provide strategic, operational and professional leadership to advance nursing excellence, governance and contemporary models of care across Metro South Health. Working closely with the Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery leadership team, you will drive key quality, workforce and improvement initiatives that support safe, high-quality and person-centred healthcare delivery. Within this role you will:

• Lead strategic nursing and midwifery initiatives that strengthen clinical and corporate governance, workforce capability and service excellence across Metro South Health.
• Provide expert advice and leadership in policy development, service improvement, data analysis and performance monitoring to support improved patient and organisational outcomes.
• Drive quality improvement, evidence-based practice and nursing excellence programs, including oversight of frameworks such as Magnet® Recognition and/or Pathway to Excellence®.
• Lead and influence complex projects, change initiatives and cross-service collaboration aligned to Metro South Health strategic priorities and statewide nursing and midwifery directions.

About you:

You are an influential and contemporary nursing leader with extensive experience driving strategic improvement, governance and professional excellence within complex healthcare environments. You bring exceptional leadership capability, strong stakeholder engagement skills and a passion for delivering meaningful outcomes for patients, staff and the broader health service. In addition, you have:

• Experience leading nursing governance, quality and service improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to lead change, influence stakeholders and deliver strategic outcomes.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise in workforce capability, professional standards and evidence-based practice.

For further information about this opportunity and the ideal candidate requirements, please view the attached role description.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery (EDNM) Division 

The Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery Division provides strategic leadership, governance and professional support for nursing and midwifery across Metro South Health, driving workforce, education, research and quality priorities to support excellence in patient care.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. 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 Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.