18 Jul
Queensland Government
Brisbane
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 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.
We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
The Assistant Director of Nursing (ADON) provides contemporary strategic, operational and professional nursing leadership and management for nursing services within an expansive and/or complex environment. In collaboration with the Director of Nursing, the role provides the coordination and responsibility for service delivery, human and material management, expertise in health care team communication and highly developed data analysis and fiscal management to deliver safe, quality, effective and efficient healthcare provision.
The position also shapes corporate and clinical governance in partnership with the Addiction and Mental Health Nursing (AMHS) executive team. The role works collaboratively and supports the Health Service priorities, strategic direction and vision for the Nursing profession.
The position partners with the AMHS Nursing Executive team to operationalise specific service wide professional portfolios relating to AMHS nursing workforce, nursing excellence and quality improvement. The position co-ordinates the AMHS Nurse Education portfolio and supports the operationalisation of cross discipline education strategies in collaboration with the AMHS Director of Nursing and Executive Team members. The position line manages the AMHS Nurse Educators who are located across Metro South.
Responsible for the achievement of operational and strategic performance targets,
evaluations and outcomes in line with operational plans, service targets and national and state benchmarks.
Collaborate and engage with nursing executive, internal and external stakeholders, committees and advisory groups to support operational and strategic functions of MSH.
Promote and support a culture of continuous quality improvement in line with nursing and organisational strategic direction.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
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