Your current role:
As a Clinical Nurse with the Community Hospital Interface Program (CHIP), you will provide advanced clinical care, assessment, planning and coordination for patients with complex needs. Working across Princess Alexandra and QEII Hospitals, you'll play a key role in supporting hospital avoidance, reducing length of stay and connecting patients with appropriate community services. You'll work autonomously while providing clinical leadership, education and support to the wider healthcare team. * Provide advanced clinical assessment, care planning and coordination for complex patients * Lead the delivery of holistic, person-centred care within a multidisciplinary team * Coordinate referrals and connect patients with appropriate community and aged care services * Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, education and support to nursing and healthcare staff About you:
We are looking for an experienced Registered Nurse who brings advanced community nursing knowledge, strong clinical judgement and a passion for supporting patients to receive care in the most appropriate setting. You will be a confident communicator and collaborative leader who can build effective relationships with patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals. * Demonstrate advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking and problem-solving skills * Demonstrate strong knowledge of discharge planning and hospital avoidance strategies * Build effective relationships across multidisciplinary teams and community services * Provide clinical leadership through delegation, education, mentoring and role modelling * Communicate sensitively and effectively with patients, families, carers and stakeholders Check out our quick tips and application essentials!
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. About us:
Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.
We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.
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 better together.

📌 Clinical Nurse (Brisbane)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 Brisbane