Mackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings.
We are seeking an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork.
Your Opportunity
Develop and lead a new model of care within the Connected Community Pathways (CCP) project nurse-led multidisciplinary team.
The CCP team will aim to reduce avoidable Emergency Department presentations and potentially preventable hospitalisations through timely assessment and intervention with combined telehealth and face-to-face consultations in the patient/client's usual residence/residential aged care facility (RACF).
The CCP team will work collaboratively with Emergency Department Bowen Hospital, Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS), General Practitioners, and other service providers of commonwealth funded services within the Bowen community.
About The Team
The Bowen Hospital is a 20-bed inpatient ward, 3 oncology and 6 renal dialysis chairs and a 24/7 emergency department.
The Hospital provides a service to the Bowen community with outreach of the allied health services to Collinsville Multipurpose Health Service.
The emergency department provides a Telehealth model to Bowen Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) to support after-hours clinical assessment.
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.
Our Benefits
1. Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
2. Flexible working arrangements
3. A diverse work culture
4. Career development
5. Professional development opportunities
6. Education opportunities, Study and Research
7. Paid parental leave
8. Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
9. Discounted Private Health Insurance
10. Fitness Passport