Clinical Nurse Consultant (Cancer Care Coordinator)
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Posted 7 days ago
Role details
The Division of Medical Services at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications for a Clinical Nurse Consultant (Cancer Care Coordinator) to join their team on a permanent basis.
For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
- The Cancer Care Coordinator is required to work at an advance practice level, utilising a high degree of specialised knowledge, skill, and experience to provide a quality and efficient cancer service.
- The Cancer Care Coordinator model of care follows the COSA ‘Cancer Care Coordination Position Statement' (2015), whilst underpinned by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia – Registered Nurse Standards of Practice.
- The Cancer Care Coordinator role supports the cancer service by coordinating the clinical management of Oncology, Haematology and Radiation Oncology consumers within MHHS. This role encompasses a patient-focused and evidence-based practice approach. Coordinating patient access to new and review outpatient clinic consults, supporting telehealth and virtual health appointments, assisting in identifying and reducing consumer barriers to attend treatment appointments and relaying relevant information to key members of the team. Close working relationships with the oncology medical team to assist with managing patients on review lists to ensure timely follow up and care coordination.
About the Team
Our team consists of nursing teams for Oncology Day Unit (ODU) and Medical Day Infusions (MDI).
Our aim is to facilitate a holistic, non-discriminatory, and quality health service for adults across the continuum to achieve quality outcomes for all patients ensuring safe discharge and appropriate follow up care.
We aim to deliver a flexible, patient-centred service that provides acute and non-acute management of patients and carers with an aim to reduce hospitalisation. Core principals include enhanced patient flow, delivering the right care at the right time in the right setting.
Our service provides care for adult patients with an Oncology and/or Haematology diagnosis, other conditions requiring day infusion treatments and additionally includes all palliative care patients (including paediatric and non- cancer palliative patients). Services include acute, curative, supportive and palliative care treatments for inpatients and outpatients.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
About Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.
Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.
What do we do?
Every day in Queensland Health:
• $29.980 million is spent on public health services
• 603 women are screened for breast cancer
• 1,309 people receive residential care in 20 aged care facilities
• 120 babies are born in acute public hospitals
• 760 callers are given clinical advice by qualified nurses through 13HEALTH
• 70 health services provide clinical consultations using state-wide videoconference technology.
• 6400 patient meals are served every day in Brisbane’s public hospitals alone.
• And much more!
In addition, $7 billion is being spent to build and expand our hospitals and health services for communities across the State, creating 40,000 construction jobs.
For a full list of our services, please visit http://www.health.qld.gov.au/about_qhealth/default.asp
Queensland Health also works with the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) to deliver quality health services to Queenslanders. DOHA's responsibilities cover general practitioners, Medicare, immunisation, aged care, implementation of the National Health and Hospitals Network, private health insurance, pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), mental health, after hours GP helpline, and a range of other initiatives. More information on what DOHA does can be found here: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-overview.htm
To provide better patient outcomes, Queensland Health links with a number of organisations, community groups, and General Practitioners. Queensland Health is committed to providing a range of services aimed at achieving good health and well-being for all Queenslanders. The Health Services Information Agency’s (HSIA) role is focused on delivering and sustaining critical information services and innovative technology solutions to support delivery of healthcare services for Queenslanders. The Agency is currently transitioning to become a commercialised business unit within the Department of Health. The core behaviours of our team are based on collaboration, innovation and customer focus. Queensland Health’s Health Services Information Agency is one of the largest Information Communication Technology (ICT) operations in the state. In particular, we deliver: - Reliable access to Queensland Health's major information systems through a wide variety of desktop computers, laptops, personal computing devices and telephones. - Leadership and guidance in identifying and resolving the information and technology implications of changes in healthcare. - Innovation and ICT solutions and programs such as eHealth. - Leadership in the development and implementation of information management and ICT strategies, policies and standards. - Facilitation of governance to ensure the greatest health care value is obtained from investments that leverage information and ICT.
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