This is a Clinical Nurse Consultant - Hypertension Services role with Metro South Health based in South Brisbane, QLD, AU Metro South Health Role Seniority - senior More about the Clinical Nurse Consultant - Hypertension Services role at Metro South Health Drive Excellence in Specialist Hypertension Nursing Join our team as in Hypertension Services where advanced clinical expertise meets professional leadership. In this pivotal role, you will provide expert person-centred care, lead evidence-based practice, drive quality improvement, and mentor multidisciplinary teams to deliver exceptional outcomes across the care continuum. About This Role Your new role: As the Hypertension Clinical Nurse Leader, you will provide advanced specialist care while driving service excellence and innovation. You will be accountable for contemporary, evidence-based nursing practice and play a key role in strengthening clinical governance, education, and quality improvement initiatives. In This Role, You Will Provide expert, person-centred hypertension care using advanced clinical judgement, critical thinking, and contemporary practice standards. Lead and support nursing teams through mentorship, education, clinical consultancy, and collaborative care planning. Drive quality improvement, research engagement, and clinical redesign initiatives aligned with organisational priorities and National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards. Ensure safe medication management and regulatory compliance, including responsibilities under the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation 2024. About You You are an experienced and highly motivated Registered Nurse with advanced clinical expertise in hypertension and a passion for leadership, quality improvement, and patient-centred care. You Will Bring Advanced clinical knowledge and demonstrated expertise in hypertension nursing practice. Proven ability to lead, mentor, and develop high-performing nursing teams. Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Experience implementing evidence-based practice, quality frameworks, and service improvement initiatives. What We Can Offer You We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions. We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role 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 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. Further information We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity. Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position. Before we jump into the responsibilities of the role. No matter what you come in knowing, you’ll be learning new things all the time and the Metro South Health team will be there to support your growth. Please consider applying even if you don't meet 100% of what’s outlined Key Responsibilities ❤️ Providing expert hypertension care ⚕️ Leading nursing teams Driving quality improvement initiatives Key Strengths Advanced clinical knowledge in hypertension nursing Leadership and mentorship Critical thinking and problem-solving Experience in quality improvement initiatives Research engagement Regulatory compliance knowledge A Final Note: This is a role with Metro South Health not with Hatch.
