About the role
COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT
About us
The Transition to Discharge Unit within Ramsay Health is a 15 bedded inpatient service and caters for varying degrees of mental health issues and clinical acuity ranging from moderate to high and accommodates according to level of clinical need. The service strives to deliver care in a quick and efficient manner, using best evidence-based care and aims to minimise the length of stay in hospital to minimise the disruption to normal daily life and function of our consumers in a holistic manner.
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.
About you
In your new role you will...
- Provide leadership to effectively plan and manage transition through the Transition to Discharge Unit to achieve organisational goals.
- Lead and coordinate quality improvement and evidence-based practice activities to ensure the provision of quality, cost-effective nursing services.
- Provide effective and efficient collaboration with relevant Team Leader, Manager and Nursing Director, clinical and non-clinical staff to facilitate the provision of quality evidence-based Mental Health Services.
- Effectively manage self and in collaboration with Clinical Nurse Educators and other Clinical Nurse Consultants, develop staff to enable fulfilment of role responsibilities. Coordinate and provide specialist training and professional development activities to staff working with people with mental health issues.
- Promote service development by strengthening inter-sectorial linkages, joint planning and the provision of relevant training, education and clinical consultation for the Health Service, carers and other community health providers such as General Practitioners.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
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What we offer
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. 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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