Clinical Nurse Consultant

Clinical Nurse Consultant - Anaesthetics & PACU | St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital

• Employment Term: P ermanent Part- Time
• Location: located opposite Roma St Parklands, St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is just a short walk to Brisbane city
• Remuneration: $64.9 – $73.02p/ hr + 12% Super + Not for Profit Salary Packaging + Employee Benefits

Make a meaningful difference with St Andrews War Memorial Hospital

At St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital, we offer world-class health care to families across Queensland and interstate and are leaders in Cardiac Services, Orthopaedics, Neurosurgery, Vascular Surgery and Rehabilitation.

By bringing together exceptional clinicians, advanced technologies and contemporary models of care, we're able to deliver outstanding patient outcomes and make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

As a Clinical Nurse Consultant - Anaesthetics & PACU, you will provide expert clinical leadership within our Perioperative Services team, supporting excellence in anaesthetic nursing and post-anaesthesia care. Working closely with the Clinical Nurse Manager, you'll play a key role in developing staff capability, driving quality improvement initiatives and promoting evidence-based clinical practice across Anaesthetics and PACU services.

Let’s make a meaningful difference, together!

Your part in our St Andrews War Memorial Hospital team

• St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital is seeking an experienced perioperative clinician to provide expert clinical leadership and support across our Anaesthetics and PACU services.
• As a senior clinical resource, you'll support clinicians managing complex patients, contribute to workforce capability and help lead initiatives that enhance patient outcomes, safety and quality of care.
• A diverse role, you will:
• Provide expert clinical leadership and evidence -based support for complex anaesthetic and post-anaesthesia care.
• Act as a clinical escalation point for Anaesthetics and PACU teams.
• Support staff in advanced airway management, haemodynamic monitoring, pain management and recognition of patient deterioration.
• Collaborate with anaesthetists, surgeons and multidisciplinary teams to promote safe and effective patient care.
• Drive education, mentoring, coaching and competency development initiatives.
• Contribute to clinical audits, accreditation activities, policy reviews and quality improvement projects.
• Support implementation of evidence-based practice and emerging technologies across perioperative services.
• Facilitate safe patient flow, escalation and continuity of care across operating theatres, PACU, ICU, wards and Day Surgery.
• Promote a culture of safety, clinical excellence and continuous learning.

What makes a difference for us?

• As an experienced perioperative clinician, you'll combine exceptional clinical expertise with a passion for leadership, education and service improvement.
• You'll present with:
• Substantial contemporary clinical experience within Anaesthetics and Post Anaesthesia Care.
• Demonstrated advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking and decision-making skills within perioperative care.
• Experience providing clinical leadership, mentorship and support to nursing teams.
• Strong knowledge of clinical governance, risk management, accreditation and quality improvement processes.
• Excellent communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
• Ability to analyse clinical information and translate insights into meaningful service improvements.
• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
• Current Advanced Life Support competency and other relevant credentials required for the role.

Highly regarded

• Postgraduate qualification in Perioperative Nursing, Anaesthetics, PACU, Critical Care or a related specialty.
• Experience leading education programs, simulation training or competency-based learning initiatives.
• Experience in clinical audit, policy development, accreditation preparation or service redesign projects.
• Membership of relevant professional nursing associations.
• Experience supporting implementation of new technologies , clinical innovations or evidence-based practice initiatives.

What makes a difference for you?

• NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: Salary Packaging Explained
• Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
• A recognition and rewards platform , providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave , offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunities to challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

We’d love you to be part of our UnitingCare family

By joining our Hospitals, you’ll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer, we’re a proud not-for-profit with more than 17,500 staff and 9, 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate, inclusive and committed to the work we do, helping people live life in all its fullness.

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple – everybody is welcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values. We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity. Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.