Nurse Educator

Drive Innovation in Nursing Education within a Dynamic Acute Medical Unit.

Join Metro South Health as a Nurse Educator in the Medical Assessment and Planning Unit (MAPU) in Brisbane, in this Permanent Full-Time opportunity leading education, capability development and clinical excellence across acute medical, cardiology and secure unit services.

Your new role:

As the Nurse Educator for MAPU and the Secure Unit, you will lead nursing education initiatives that build capability, support clinical excellence and strengthen patient outcomes across the service by:

• Designing, delivering and evaluating evidence-based education programs for nursing staff
• Supporting clinical teams to apply contemporary medical and cardiac nursing practice
• Coaching and mentoring nurses across all experience levels
• Working with Nurse Unit Managers and clinical leaders to identify learning needs and develop targeted training
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement, research and professional development
• Supporting simulation-based education and interdisciplinary learning opportunities

About you:

You are an experienced and motivated nursing professional with a passion for education, workforce development and improving patient care outcomes, with:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
• Experience in clinical education, training delivery or workforce capability development
• Strong knowledge of contemporary medical and/or cardiac nursing practice
• Excellent communication, coaching and stakeholder engagement skills
• The ability to lead learning initiatives and support a positive team culture
• A postgraduate qualification in nursing or education (or working towards) highly regarded

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What we can offer you:

• A supportive leadership team committed to professional growth and development
• Flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance
• The opportunity to influence patient outcomes through education and clinical excellence
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Princess Alexandra Hospital:

The Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) is a tertiary health care centre providing care in most major adult specialties. We provide world class health care to Brisbane City's southern suburbs across emergency, medical, mental health and surgical services, including liver and kidney transplant.

We are nationally recognised for our expertise in trauma management and organ transplants and are one of Australia's leading academic and research health centres. The PAH as a major medical research precinct hosts Australia's most advanced medical research facility, the Translational Research Institute (TRI) as well as a new Clinical Research Facility for the discoveries made at TRI to be trialed in a safe clinical environment.

We're expanding our hospital to make sure everyone gets the care they need. We're adding more beds, modernising our buildings, and improving our spaces to treat kidney and cancer patients with all new services and facilities planned to open by 2027.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.