Cairns Hospital is the largest major hospital in Far North Queensland, caring for patients from the Mossman/Port Douglas to Tully in the south and out to Croydon in the west.

Older Persons Integrated Health Service aligns care of the older person across the emergency department, in-patient acute and sub-acute care, and community settings, and includes a rapid response team into Residential Aged Care Facilities. The aim of the service is to provide timely and appropriate care for the older person which will avoid unnecessary community deterioration in health, reduce avoidable hospital presentations, reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate early and safe discharge.

About your role:

- Coordinating care in collaboration with treating teams and community health.
- Demonstrate advanced planning and coordination in the clinical management of patient care, identifying, anticipating and prioritising needs and working with the interdisciplinary team in all settings to achieve patient and unit goals within required timeframes.
- Ability to comprehensively assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care utilising contemporary models of nursing care, incorporating clinical problem solving.




- Ability to participate in and incorporate quality improvement activities and validated research into nursing practice for the ongoing provision of safe, quality, nursing care.
- Broad knowledge of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), expressing key actions nurses could undertake to achieve these care standards.

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Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace advantages. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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📌 Clinical Nurse, Older Persons Integrated Health Service - Cairns Hospital
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