To provide a protected and efficient patient journey across the continuum of care through applying the Nurse Navigator principles of coordinating patient centred care, creating partnerships, improving patient outcomes, and facilitating systems improvement. The role improves complex patient care, increases system efficiencies, reduces costs by streamlining and coordinating care.

Job details Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Full-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 7
Workplace Location Brisbane Inner City,Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/H26CHQ693428
Closing date 09-Oct-2026
Yearly salary
Fortnightly salary
Total remuneration
Salary Other
Job duration 12 months
Contact person Juliana Buys
Contact details 07 3068 4031
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About the Team

The Nurse Navigator Rural Remote, General Paediatrics is an advanced practise nurse working with the General Paediatrics Team at QCH to support the multi-faceted needs of the complex care child and their family.

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.
- Responsible for providing safe, compassionate care, integrating the nursing Professional Practice Model, quality frameworks Planetree philosophy of caring for each patient's psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and physical care needs. This supports achievement of best clinical practice and individualised patient care and outcomes.

Domain 2: Support of Systems
- Contribute to and integrate key objectives into service delivery from the Children's Health Queensland Strategic Plan and those of key internal/external partners.
- Adhere to, develop and evaluate established guidelines, protocols, procedures, standards and systems of work as set by the organisation.

Domain 3: Education
- Provide educational leadership and expertise, supporting a learning environment by mentoring and promoting team development opportunities to enhance and assure Person Centred Care.
- Support education and research to promote innovation specific to healthcare trends, to promote patient focused and service outcomes within the scope of the Nurse Navigator position.

Domain 4: Research




- Engage in quality initiative and research projects relevant to the improvement of the patient care journey.
- Utilise contemporary information, research evidence, personal knowledge and experience to support decision making

Domain 5: Professional Leadership
- Provide a central point of communication, engagement and coordination for key partners involved in the individual patients care across primary, secondary and tertiary care providers utilising multi-modal communication pathways facilitating the patient focused care journey.

Contribution to CHQ HHS Values and Goals
- Commitment and contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equity reform, to Close the Gap by 2033, as underpinned by the CHQ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Equity Strategy 2022 – 2025.
- Actively participate in a working environment supporting quality human resources management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, work, health and safety, and ethical behaviour.

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 perks of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

- Opportunities for professional 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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Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

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