The Clinical Nurse (CN) role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of patients/residents/clients with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met. This role works autonomously within the Healthcare Team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing and delivering of specialist surgical nursing care.

Job details Position status Permanent,Temporary
Position type Full time,Part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1)
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/H26CHQ692778
Closing date 11-Oct-2026
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Contact person Karen Phillips
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About the Team

4b - The Surgical Admission Lounge is one of the entry points for patients undergoing a procedure within the Operating Suite, Medical Imaging and remote sites (eg Burns, radiation oncology) requiring either a general anaesthetic, regional block/local anaesthetic or sedation. Surgical Admissions operates from 06:30 to 17:30 for elective and emergency admissions

4c - The Surgical Day/23hr Unit provides surgical care of patients in a short stay ward setting. This includes admission, preparation for surgery, second stage recovery and protocol based discharge within 23hours

About the Role

Your contribution will include:

Domain 1: Direct comprehensive care or provision of direct care

- Accountable for Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and own standards, actions and the outcomes of own nursing practice, professional advice given and for activities delegated.
- Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the nursing Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks and Planetree philosophy of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs.

Domain 2: Support of Systems
- Adhere to established guidelines, protocols, procedures, standards, and systems of work as set out by 4bc Day Surgery, the Division of Surgery & Perioperative Care, QCH, CHQHHS and Department of Health, Queensland.
- Delegate to and supervise RNs, ENAS's, USIN's, EN's and AIN's consistent with the NMBA decision making framework.





Domain 3: Education
- Act as a clinical and educational resource within an area based on knowledge, skills, and experience to inform evidence-based practice.
- Responsible for updating and managing own contemporary nursing specialist knowledge, competence, and capability.

Domain 4: Research
- Integrate advanced theoretical knowledge, evidence from a range of sources and own experience to devise and achieve agreed care outcomes for patients/residents/clients in line with organisational priorities.
- Participate in developing and undertaking quality initiatives, clinical audits, clinical trials and research.

Domain 5: Professional Leadership
- Act as a clinical leader, with integrity, transparency and accountability.
- Provide clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education and research.

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.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

Come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

- Opportunities for skilled 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 .

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