Lactation Consultant, Maternity Unit, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service - Mareeba, Queensland Health

About us : Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you :

In your new role you will :

• Act as a role model for Registered Midwives, Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, and unregulated healthcare workers in the provision of holistic healthcare.
• Participate in developing, evaluating, and updating clinical service procedures, protocols, standards, and guidelines.
• Engage in incident reporting / investigation and conduct and apply quality improvement frameworks and audits and develop risk minimisation strategies / activities to promote safe and / or rectify unsafe practice.
• Provide support, guidance, mentoring, preceptorship, role modelling and promote cooperation and collaborative teamwork.
• Lead a team in conjunction with a Nurse Grade 7 to assist and support with the following activities :
• Performance management / review.
• Change management.
• Workplace culture.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to :

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation / government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?