About Us?

The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) was established by its founding members to provide a coordinated and integrated approach to the planning, development, and delivery of comprehensive primary health care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within South East Queensland.

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Palliative Care Regional Nurse to be part of our new Palliative Care Team, Quality and Innovation. This is a unique opportunity to be part of the team that provides leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of plans, programs, and models for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.

About the Role?

We are seeking a Palliative Care Regional Nurse to play a crucial role in the design and implementation of a new Palliative Care service to meet the unique needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals and their families.

As part of a multi-disciplinary team, you’ll work collaboratively with other IUIH teams and Member Services to create connections and ensure palliative care tools, services, training, and information is developed and delivered in accordance with the IUIH Model of Care. You will enable delivery, connection and partnerships to ensure that resources are used to efficiently, avoiding duplication, and building a sustainable and scalable service for our clients and families.

With a focus on quality improvement, the role supports IUIH Member Services in their primary health clinics, as well as providing support for outreach services, across South East Queensland.

Your day-to-day duties may include:

As a member of the Palliative Care Team, the role has shared accountability for the design and delivery of the new palliative care service, including:

• Collaborating with the project team and Member Services to identify ways to connect to existing programs and services across South East Queensland.
• Supporting the mapping and scoping of the existing workforce skills, capacity, and training needs and options.
• Developing responsive palliative care, end-of-life care and voluntary assisted dying tools, training, resources, and information to support one-to-one discussions with clients, their families and with IUIH staff and Member Services.
• Providing leadership in the design and development of clinical services, with responsibilities and oversight of safety and quality of care.
• Providing day to day palliative care support in a professional, confidential, and culturally safe manner.
• Undertaking comprehensive assessment of clients’ health needs in consultation with the client and work with the client and their family to develop a strength focused plan that sets out their priorities.
• Manage a caseload of palliative care clients and their families.

About You?

• Current C Class Drivers Licence (QLD)
• APHRA Registration
• Minimum IV Nursing qualification
• Current CPR Certificate
• Ability to work sensitively and effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, their leaders and health professionals, while respecting traditional culture, values, and ways of doing business.
• Demonstrated experience supporting training and development initiatives and resources, with the focus on improving knowledge within a workforce and community.
• High level communication skills that demonstrate knowledge, clinical reasoning, and the ability to effectively liaise with clients and members of community, team members, health professionals and clinic staff in the areas of death and dying and grief and loss.

Desirable, but not mandatory:

• Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and /or communities

What Can we Offer?

At IUIH we recognise that we operate in a diverse community and welcome and encourage applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

You will have access to a full IUIH Network orientation program, to professional opportunities and help shape the strategy to meet palliative care needs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in South East Queensland.

• ‘Our Collectivity is Our Strength’, read more here.
• Being part of Australia’s largest community controlled Aboriginal Health Service.
• Using holistic strength-based approaches that acknowledge the broader social and environmental influences in the areas of death and dying, grief and loss.
• An opportunity to connect in a meaningful way with patients and their families, to help them do things their way, in their time and in a way that is most meaningful to them.
• Access to our “Growing Our Own Opportunities” through in-house training, mentoring, and growth development opportunities.
• Weekly Staff Wellness activities and all staff ‘Gather and Grow’ yarns and award ceremonies.
• Opportunities to attend community events such as NAIDOC, Rugby League Carnivals and more.
• Salary Sacrifice options available

If you are a Nurse and comfortable facilitating and leading palliative care and end of life conversations; we would love to hear from you. Apply now.

Please contact HR at [email protected] for a complete position description.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE – Midday Monday 28 July 2025