Haematology Staff Specialist

at  Queensland Health

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.

About the Role

• This role reports to Clinical Director, Haematology.
• This position fulfils accountabilities and responsibilities in accordance with Metro South’s purpose and objectives.

Clinical and leadership skills

• Provision of services to patients in accordance with the standards of the discipline and the ethics of the profession.
• Provision of care for patients that are consistent with the Clinical Services Capability Framework of the relevant facilities within the Health Service
• Specific duties may involve ward rounds, outpatient services (including Telehealth and outreach services, if appropriate), multidisciplinary team meetings and collaboration with other medical teams or other professional streams.
• Enable clinical pathways and early discharge procedures.
• Document relevant clinical information clearly, concisely, accurately, and appropriately.
• Ensure appropriate handover of patients, as needed.
• Role model desired standards of behaviour, promoting a positive attitude, enthusiasm, respect and support of other staff, effective communication and ethical decision making.
• Liaise and collaborate with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure effective team functioning, positive patient outcomes and the achievement of departmental objectives.

Quality assurance and clinical governance activities

• Maintain clinical service standards, guidelines, procedures and policies.
• Develop and implement the practice of continuous quality improvement and total quality management to achieve quality and safety outcomes in patient care at all levels of clinical and administrative practice, including active participation in clinical audits, clinical meetings, and clinical incident management resolution.
• Actively participate in Hospital’s Integrated Risk Management and Safety Program, including participation in Incident Monitoring System and Root Cause Analysis where appropriate.
• Lead and manage staff by fostering and committing to patient safety and quality in the delivery of health care by maintaining, evaluating, and improving safety and quality practices and initiatives.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
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.
It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated Queensland Health Human Resources Policy B70.
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.
Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are
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• This role reports to Clinical Director, Haematology.
• This position fulfils accountabilities and responsibilities in accordance with Metro South’s purpose and objectives