Clinical Nurse Consultant (Transition Care Program)

Provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary service to eligible clients over the age of 65 (55+ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) to assist with the transition from hospital to home.

The Role

An opportunity has become available for a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Transition Care Team) to join Gold Coast Health (GCH) where the focus of our 14 000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region of Australia.

You will

- Offer advice and attend joint home visits to manage complex clients
- Manage a small team of clinical nurses in their day to day clinical practice with clients
- Manage a clinical workload, including bi-weekly allocation of clients and delegation of clinical duties
- Actively participate and drive high level quality service and career development

About you

To be successful in this position you will require:

- Bachelor of Nursing or equivalent
- Registration with the Nursing Midwifery Board of Australia
- Evidence of vaccination, or be able to be vaccinated against and remain vaccinated against - Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis and Hepatitis B
- Tuberculosis screening, to identify if the tuberculosis vaccination may be required
- Declaration of serious discipline history must be disclosed
- Criminal History Screening will be required for new employees (GCH will cover cost)
- Flexible work options
- Salary Packaging




- Modern Facilities
- Diverse Work Culture
- 12.75% super
- 17.5% leave loading
- Permanent full time
- Base salary ranging from $140,632 - $152,685 per annum

About Us

The Transition Care Program aims to provide a comprehensive multidisciplinary service to eligible clients over the age of 65 (55+ for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples) to assist with the transition from hospital to home, prevent unnecessary admissions to residential care, and reduce hospital length of stay. The TCP nursing discipline's primary clinical purpose is to assess, support and educate clients with nursing needs and provide evidence based clinical care across a broad spectrum of chronic and acute conditions.

About Gold Coast Health

- Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
- More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Hospital and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
- Secondary and tertiary health services across more than 20 facilities
- Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle
- A workplace culture that encourages people to bring their whole selves to work so that they can perform at their best
- Committed to reflecting the diversity of the Gold Coast community and ensuring each staff member is included and feels like they belong

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