We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane’s south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

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 committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the speciality of advance care planning. The role of the Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) – Advance Care Planning- Consumer Liaison is to provide clinical expertise in advance care planning, with a focus on working with and for consumers. The CNC works in collaboration with the Nurse Educator and wider ACPA team to support the provision of expert advice, information, and support in the specialty of advance care planning.

The CNC Consumer Liaison is accountable for the design, implementation, and support of the ACPA Consumer Advisory Group. In addition, the role provides clinical advance care planning subject matter expertise to the National Advisory Line.

Advance Care Planning Australia partners with consumers to inform quality consumer information resources. Where possible, consumers with relevant lived experience are involved in the development of the consumer information publications.

The Clinical Nurse Consultant Liaison will:

• Lead the establishment and maintenance of the ACPA Consumer Advisory Group
• Provide clinical expertise and advice to consumers and other callers to the National Advisory Line as required
• Lead the review and development of advance care planning consumer resources, including working collaboratively with consumers
• Provide advanced clinical leadership relevant to the speciality of advance care planning
• Coordinate collection and analysis of data related to ACPA consumer-focused activities
• Provide education for consumers across the nation in line with the ACPA Activity Work Plan
• Promote innovation specific to healthcare trends related to ACP, and to promote patient and service outcomes within the scope of the position.

Find out about the role in more detail in the attached Role Description.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

You can find out more about why it’s so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online by clicking Apply Now.

Please review the attached Role Description for more information on application process requirements.

Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.