DIRECTOR OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
CANDIDATE INFORMATION PACK
CAIRNS AND HINTERLAND HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE
We acknowledge and pay respect to the Aboriginal Traditional Owners and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders, people, consumers, and staff, past and present, on whose land we provide health services.
Executive Summary
- Live and work in one of the most popular locations in the world
- Provide strategic professional leadership to a committed and skilled nursing and midwifery workforce
- Be a part of a committed executive team serving the health needs of an ever expanding and diversifying community
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) is seeking an experienced Director of Nursing and Midwifery to be part of their executive leadership team.
The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) has the responsibility of providing public hospital and health services to a population of approximately 261,000 people. The outer western region of the service encompasses extremely remote communities and it is estimated that 12% of the population are Indigenous Australian. The CHHHS is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of all people in Far North Queensland across 141,000km2 and employs approximately 6,300 + staff making it the largest employer in the region.
Cairns is a welcoming and multicultural city and a fantastic place to live with world class cafés, bars and restaurants thriving community markets. It is close to plenty of picturesque beaches often with resort style living options. Cairns is the international gateway to The Great Barrier Reef and The Wet Tropics rainforest. There is easy access to and from Cairns and most capital cities in Australia through the Cairns International Airport which is only 7km from the CBD. Compared with most Australian cities the cost of housing is much more affordable in Cairns along with affordable childcare, and a great choice of primary schools and secondary schools.
THE ROLE
The Director of Nursing and Midwifery (DONM) is a key member of the Cairns Hospital Executive, responsible for the Nursing and Midwifery Service across the facility and providing shared responsibility for the leadership of all staff in the facility. The position provides visible and accessible nursing and midwifery leadership promoting a positive workplace culture whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality and compassionate patient and family centred care. Accountable for Nursing and Midwifery practice within Cairns Hospital, the DONM is also responsible for nursing and midwifery leadership over clinical and corporate governance, workforce and service strategy and planning, and the efficient allocation and utilisation of nursing and midwifery workforce. This is in collaboration with multidisciplinary partners to ensure synergy and consistency for the delivery of clinical services.
For a confidential discussion, please get in touch with:
Janine Hammat, HardyGroup Principal Search Consultant
M. +61 488 555 858
CAIRNS AND HINTERLAND HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE
“Excellent and sustainable healthcare for all in Far North Queensland”
The Cairns and Hinterland HHS (CHHHS) is committed to improving the health and wellbeing of all people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute healthcare services. The staff are a part of the community we serve, and the HHS strongly believes that health outcomes are enhanced by involving the community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.
CHHHS is the primary provider of health services to residents of the Cairns and Hinterland region and specialist services to the Torres and Cape, and serves a population of approx. 261,500 people which is forecast to increase to over 306,600 by 2031. Services are provided over a large geographical area and a range of facilities, from a large tertiary hospital in Cairns to facilities in rural and remote areas.
Cairns Hospital is the primary provider of specialised and referral services for the region, with broader general surgical, medical and primary care services provided at other facilities across the Tablelands, Innisfail and Mossman/Port Douglas areas. CHHHS also provides an extensive range of health services in more than 30 regional, rural and remote facilities across a geographical area of 141,000 square kilometres. The Health Service is 95 percent self-sufficient with only a small number of high-level acute services being provided in Townsville and Brisbane.The Local Government Areas within the Service area are Cairns Regional Council, Croydon Shire Council, Etheridge Shire Council, Mareeba Shire Council, Tablelands Regional Council, Yarrabah Shire Council and Cassowary Coast Regional Council (except the community of Cardwell which is serviced from the Townsville HHS).
Our Values
The staff and patients at Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service have helped develop a set of shared values that guide our behaviours and decision making in our workplaces. These underpin our daily work, the strategies of our Health Service and help deliver Queensland Health’s vision.
At CHHHS we:
- demonstrate that we care about the challenges facing our patients and colleagues by taking time to walk in their shoes. Compassion is delivered with a warm hello, a smile, by genuinely listening and following through on concerns;
- value accountability at all levels as it builds trust in our organisation, our people and our services. When we live up to our responsibilities, we earn respect from the people and communities we have made a commitment to;
- we value a respectful approach to our work and care as it builds strong relationships and trust. We encourage you to treat others as you’d like to be treated; and
- rely on our integrity to guide us when the choice isn’t an easy one to make. It ensures we are making decisions that are transparent, truthful and for the greater good of our patients, colleagues and communities.
The big picture for our future
See the CHHHS Strategic Plan HERE.
Our purpose
Working together for best-practice care that improves health outcomes and equity for our communities.
Strategic Plan
Our strategic plan sets our vision and priorities to ensure our health service continues to grow and meet the changing health needs of our communities.
The strategic plan was developed with the input from our staff, partners and community. It outlines our vision: 'Excellent and sustainable healthcare for all in Far North Queensland.'
We'll focus on the following priorities and key objectives to achieve our vision.
- Our care
- We work to enable safe and equitable healthcare delivered closer to home through our partnerships and together with our community.
- Our people
- We nurture positive workplaces where our people feel safe, empowered and supported to collaborate in delivering excellence in healthcare.
- First Peoples health
- We recognize the valuable cultural knowledge of our First Peoples and through our partnerships, we will strive to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for First Peoples communities.
- Our sustainability
- With or people, our places nd our technology, we will deliver efficient and sustainable healthcare and services.
The plan describes our objectives, strategies and key performance indicators. It helps patients and carers, staff, our community, partners and all other stakeholders understand our future direction.
Role Specification
The Director of Nursing and Midwifery is a key member of the Cairns Hospital Executive, responsible for the Nursing and Midwifery Service across the facility and providing shared responsibility for the leadership of all staff in the facility.
This position provides visible and accessible nursing and midwifery leadership promoting a positive workplace culture whilst ensuring the delivery of high quality and compassionate patient and family centred care.
The Director of Nursing and Midwifery is accountable for Nursing and Midwifery practice within Cairns Hospital, clinical and corporate governance, organisational and strategic management, service planning, development and management of efficient allocation and utilisation of nursing and midwifery workforce to assist in the delivery of high quality clinical services in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team and the procedure, practice and professional development of research is planned, delivered and evaluated.
The Director of Nursing and Midwifery is the Service Director for the Patient Flow Unit and its constituent teams. The Nursing Director Access and Redesign reports to this position.*
The Director of Nursing and Midwifery Cairns Hospital provides advice and strategic guidance to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) to promote the continuous improvement and delivery of services.
* Please note: there is a Business Case for Change Process commencing which may influence as an outcome the current state governance (as described in this role description) of the Patient Flow Unit.
- Fulfil the responsibilities of this role in accordance with CHHHS values as outlined above.
- Follow defined service quality standards, occupational health and work policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken to ensure high quality, safe services, and workplaces.
- Implement and monitor the organisation’s quality standards, work health and safety policies, procedures and programs and provide clinical governance in the relevant work area.
- Provide effective leadership, governance, and operational management for Nursing and Midwifery Services at the facility ensuring policy, practice, professional development, and research are planned, delivered, and developed in line with CHHHS strategic priorities.
- Role model exemplary professional leadership acting as an advocate for patients/clients and staff and promote consumer involvement in care delivery.
- Model the values and strategic direction of the HHS, to ensure that Nursing and Midwifery Services provide a quality service with safe, efficient, and effective use of allocated resources to achieve continuous quality improvement within a quality framework.
- Provide expert advice on nursing and midwifery and health service delivery matters to the senior leadership at the facility and as part of the senior nursing resources of the HHS. To lead change for planning, analysing, redesigning, and monitoring initiatives.
- Support clinical service delivery including achievement of Department of Health activity targets.
- Provide strategic and operational leadership and advice on contemporary patient flow and access constructs which improve access to care across Cairns Services.* Support the Nursing Director Patient Flow and Access with emerging issues which require prompt resolution, improving the community’s timely access to care.
- Develop, implement, and monitor a Nursing and Midwifery workforce strategic plan that is aligned with the budget profile of the facility and the directions of the HHS. Facilitating changes to staffing and models of care to ensure innovative, effective, and efficient service delivery, including ensuring implementation and compliance of award requirements, general nursing workload staffing arrangements and staffing profiles.
- Develop and influence a culture that is aligned with the CHHHS values and promotes continuous learning, professional development, openness to critical reflection and change by facilitating educational opportunities for nursing and midwifery staff.
- Provide leadership as a resource person and role model on nursing and midwifery issues in the clinical setting & in professional relationships & act as a mentor to develop management potential in nursing and midwifery staff including reviewing, evaluating, and monitoring the performance management of nursing staff.
- Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure that Nursing and Midwifery Services within the facility are consistent across the HHS and commensurate with Department of Health Policy and Procedures.
- Participate and contribute to an executive leadership role and executive on call roster.
- Manage media relations related to local issues within a policy framework.
View the comprehensive Key Result Areas and Responsibilities in the Role Description here
You will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate the following key capabilities, knowledge, and experience. Within the context of the responsibilities described above under ‘Key Responsibilities’ above or ‘Your role’ in the role description, the ideal applicant will be someone who can demonstrate the following:
- Extensive recent nursing management experience with experience in leading staff and managing services in the relevant setting, supported by a relevant tertiary management qualification and/or work experience.
- Proven ability to ensure the human, physical, and financial resources of the service/facility are managed to provide safe, compassionate, quality care that is culturally responsive.
- Extensive leadership using contemporary change management methodologies and an understanding of current issues impacting on the nursing profession.
- Extensive experience in strategic workforce planning, including proven ability to implement contemporary workforce models that adapt to changing models of service delivery.
- Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to consult, liaise and negotiate with all levels of staff, patients, and external agencies to achieve the desired organisational and professional outcomes.
- Demonstrated well developed conceptual, analytical, problem solving and planning skills, with the ability to apply these to support Nursing and Midwifery and health service strategic directions.
- Comprehensive knowledge of professional and practice issues surrounding Nursing and Midwifery clinical practice.
- Demonstrated experience in managing complex HR and industrial matters including high level communication and negotiation skills.
- This role reports operationally to the Chief Operating Officer, Cairns Hospital; and professionally to the Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery CHHHS
- DONM is the professional lead for all nursing and midwifery staff in the Cairns Hospital
- Functions reporting to the DONM include:
- Patient Flow* - Patient Flow Unit, Bed Management, CPACH, Transit Lounge, Patient Transport Coordination
- Staffing – Daily Staffing Pool, Nursing Specials Pool, Nursing Casual Pool
- Cairns Hospital Flex Wards
- Contributing to an environment of constant change, to improving the ways in which nurses/midwives and other members of the health care team work together to provide treatment, care and support to individuals and carers.
- Leading change across a demanding, busy and complex environment, where there are competing priorities whilst working to strict deadlines.
- Developing strategic leadership skills and succession planning in the nursing and midwifery workforce and supporting and nurturing emerging nursing and midwifery leaders of the future.
- Working in partnership with other professional and executive leads to ensure the safety, quality and sustainability of the service.
- Developing and implementing contemporary workforce models that adapt to changing models of service delivery through strategic and operational workforce planning.
- Balancing the need to address immediate operational priorities and the need to plan and act strategically to ensure the effectiveness of the HHs.
- Maintaining the use of FTE in conjunction with allocated resources and ensuring the provision of quality care to patients. Matching financial activity to performance targets and effective resource allocation.
Annual Budget - $13.8m Operating Expenses and $232K Revenue Target
- Appointment to this position requires proof of qualification and/or registration with the appropriate registration authority or association. Certified copies of the required information must be provided to the appropriate supervisor/ manager, prior to the commencement of clinical duties. Current registration or eligibility to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia / Australian Health Practitioner Registration Authority (AHPRA) is mandatory.
- A post graduate qualification in management and/or leadership or working towards such a qualification would be desirable.
- Recent and extensive experience working in a regional or tertiary health service would be highly regarded.
- Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
- It is a condition of employment for the employee in this role to be, and remain, vaccinated against or non-susceptible to the following Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPDs) during their employment: Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella (chicken pox) and Pertussis (whooping cough). Existing staff engaged prior to 1 July 2016 (and have not had a break in service) are not subject to this new condition of employment unless they are moving from one Hospital and Health Service to another Hospital and Health Service within Queensland).
Existing staff that have previously submitted this evidence since 1 July 2016 will not be required to resubmit. - It is a condition of employment for the employee in this role to be vaccinated against or not susceptible to Hepatitis B. Proof of vaccination or non-susceptibility is a condition of employment for all staff (new and existing) who have direct contact with patients or who in the course of their work may be exposed to blood/body fluids or contaminated sharps.
- It is strongly recommended that you complete the VPD Evidence Form and prepare your documents prior to meeting with the selection panel; however, you will only be required to supply the evidence if you are the preferred applicant. If you are the preferred applicant, your application for employment will not be successful unless you comply with this Queensland Health policy. Further information and Evidence Forms can be found at https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/work-for-us/dept-of-health/pre-employment/vaccinations/providing-evidence
- A Tuberculosis risk assessment form is to be completed prior to commencement.
The salary for a Nurse Grade 12 is $191,973 per annum plus
- Up to 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- Annual leave loading 14%
- Salary packaging
The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 18 December 2024
The reference number to include in your application is H24_4972
Note: Please use the online HardyGroup platform to submit your application. It will not be accepted via email.
If you require assistance in submitting your application online, please get in touch with Executive Search Coordinator, Natasha Tirado: [email protected] | +61 0468 301 310
Your application must include:
1. Cover letter addressed to the Principal Consultant;
2. A written response addressing the key selection criteria and
3. An up to date copy of your Curriculum Vitae
It Is standard practice for HardyGroup to acknowledge receipt of your application no later than the next business day. We request that if you do not receive the acknowledgement, you contact the search coordinator listed above as soon as possible after the 24-hour business period and arrange to resend your application if necessary.
For a confidential discussion, please contact:
Janine Hammat
HardyGroup Principal Consultant
M.+61 (0) 488 555 858
LIVING AND WORKING IN CAIRNS
Experience The Unparalleled Natural Beauty of Cairns
Where spectacular reefs, ancient rainforests, rich culture, and an alfresco dining scene blend into one. A welcoming and multicultural city more than 20% of Cairns people were born overseas and some 72 languages are spoken. The city is a fantastic place to live with world class cafés, bars and restaurants and the city has thriving community markets. It is close to plenty of picturesque beaches often with resort style living options. The estimated resident urban population of Cairns is greater than 160,000 and the region has experienced an average annual growth rate of 1.9% over the last 10 years.
Cairns is the international gateway to The Great Barrier Reef - the world’s biggest marine park and home to more than 9000 species of coral, birds, fish and marine life and welcomes more than 2.4 million visitors each year. Whether it’s snorkelling through coral gardens, flying over the infinite blues or sailing to tropical islands, there’s an adventure reserved for everyone on the world’s largest living organism (that you can see from space). Breathe in the salt air and explore via boat, snorkel, kayak, helicopter or learn to dive on this world-famous natural wonder.
Cairns is also the gateway to The Wet Tropics rainforest is a living, breathing ark and home to many plants and animals found nowhere else on earth. A place so big in size it makes up 0.12% of Australia, it's both accessible and diverse, from the easy walk to the famous Curtain Tree Fig to the longer hike to cool off in Nandroya Falls.
There is easy access to and from Cairns and most capital cities in Australia through the Cairns International Airport which is only 7km from the CBD. Compared with most Australian cities the cost of housing is much more affordable in Cairns along with affordable childcare, 21 state primary schools, 10 state high schools and 21 private / non-government schools.
Explore more about Cairns and all it has to offer, here.
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