Clinical Nurse Clinical Midwife Lactation Consultant

Permanent part time (48 hrs p.f.)
Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Qld

Purpose of the Role

The Special Care Nursery team are looking for a Clinical Nurse (CN) to join their team. You will work collaboratively to provide quality, individualised care that supports infants and their families through collaborative partnerships, mutual respect and shared decision making. You will apply advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of neonatal patients with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met.

The Lactation Consultant provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of neonatal patients with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met. This role works collaboratively within the healthcare team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing and delivering of neonatal specialist nursing care. The lactation consultant provides clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education and research. The role supports in management activities including portfolio responsibilities.

This role works as a member of the Special Care Nursery team and the wider multidisciplinary team to provide lactation support and education to women with complex feeding issues in a therapeutic family friendly environment.  In addition, the Clinical Nurse/Midwife Lactation Consultant is responsible for the on-going education and training of all staff in regard to the requirements of Baby Friendly Health Initiative Accreditation.  

Special Care Nursery Logan Hospital provides specialist neonatal in-patient services to the Logan-Beaudesert catchment. A family centred care model supports the safe delivery of care to unwell and preterm infants from 32 weeks gestation. The Registered Nurse/Midwife works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to provide quality, individualised care that supports infants and their families through collaborative partnerships, mutual respect and shared decision making.

Metro South Health is Australia’s first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland’s population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals 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.

Benefits

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.  We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service. 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

Salary: $46.51 - $49.81 per hour
Enquiries: Amanda Curley (07) 3299 8709
Closing date: Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Reference: MS03338876

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