West Moreton Hospital and Health Service

Ever wondered what rolling recruitment actually means? It means we’re accepting applications for health jobs all the time! 🏥 You don't need to wait for a closing date. As soon as we receive your application, we’ll assess it. The sooner you apply, the sooner we can connect with you about joining our healthcare team. We have exciting roles on offer right now, including: 💊Pharmacist 📋Admin Officer 👩⚕️Nursing roles from Assistant in Nursing to Registered Nurse 🚔Prison and Youth Detention health roles 🌾Senior Medical Officer (SMO) for rural health 🖤💛❤️Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent pool If you're passionate about making a difference and want to help care for your community, now is the perfect time to apply. Check out our current roles and submit your application today!👇 https://bit.ly/4iHCnrK #WestMoretonHealth #Jobs #Recruitment #Health #Queensland #Careers #WeAreHiring

When Ty Cleary pauses to reflect on his work with West Moreton Health patients, he is hit with an enormous sense of pride and belonging. The proud Mununjali and Undambi man is our Indigenous Liaison Service Coordinator, a vital link between our health services and the community. ‘An important part of my work is ensuring the Indigenous Hospital Liaison Service meets the cultural and spiritual needs of the community,’ he says. ‘It’s also about supporting clinicians by educating them around culturally appropriate communication and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. ‘By introducing positive changes and processes throughout Ipswich Hospital, the Indigenous Hospital Liaison Service team is reaching new services and helping more people that we haven’t had the chance to previously.’ Ty’s work is thrust into the spotlight today for National Close the Gap Day, promoting First Nations health equality. ‘Close the Gap Day addresses inconsistencies in life outcomes, health and education for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, aiming for equality across those areas,’ Ty says. ‘I love being able to create strategies and implement them to help close the gap on health inequities for the Mob. ‘It’s something incredibly important to me and a cause close to my heart.’

A letter to our wonderful staff ❤👇 #TCAlfred

[CW: Drug use] Did you know our nurses provide care in hospitals, in the community, and in prisons? 🙌 The West Moreton Health team provides healthcare to most of Queensland's prisons. Sarah is one of our nurses working with prisoners at three of the centres. 👩⚕️ She has a special role, called a Dual Diagnosis Clinician. It means she helps prisoners who have mental health concerns and drug and alcohol misuse. As a registered nurse, she saw a pattern of patients with both conditions. “Many prisoners have a history of trauma and stress," she said. "They may have conditions like bipolar disorder and use drugs." “It became clear for me that mental health concerns and substance misuse often go hand in hand," she said. Sarah’s passion for this work started early. Growing up, she was always comfortable supporting people with mental health concerns. During her nursing training, Sarah noticed a pattern - many patients struggled with both mental health issues and addiction, often returning for care without lasting recovery. Wanting to make a difference, she specialised in mental health, starting her career in an acute psychiatric ward before moving into community mental health. In 2018, Sarah began working in prison healthcare. Now, she spends her days providing therapy, harm-reduction support, and connecting prisoners with community services and rehab programs to help them rebuild their lives as they transition back to community. “I encourage other nurses to explore mental health or prison healthcare. It’s a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference.” Find out more about working in prison health services here: https://lnkd.in/gWZHveDj #Healthcare #Nursing #MentalHealth #PrisonHealth #WestMoretonHealth #CareerInHealth #PublicHealth #HealthHero #Jobs 

📢 Can you help us find who we're looking for? 📢 We're creating a community group to help guide our work at Jaghu Maternal and Infant program. The word Jaghu in Yuggera language means ‘all together’ and as a service, Jaghu sets out to help First Nations babies thrive by providing support to mums, bubs, and carers. The team includes midwifes, child health nurses, First Nations health workers, and social and emotional wellbeing officers who support each child until they are five, including supporting children in kinship care, such as those living with grandparents, or children not placed with their families. We are looking for people who: ✅ are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person ✅live and/or work on Jagera, Yuggera, and Ugarapul Country in the West Moreton Health area. We'd love if you are also; ✨ pregnant with a First Nations baby or delivering a baby through the Jaghu program. ✨parents or carers of a child under 5 in the Jaghu program. ✨an advocate for First Nations cultural rights and healthcare for mob. ✨understand issues that impact First Nations families, bubs, and carers. ✨can attend relevant meetings and share your ideas. Applications close 9 March 2025.

Everyone has a story. This one is about Dr Lilantha Wedisinghe. He is a gynaecologist, father, husband, researcher, and friend. That’s him in the front row, second from the left. He's proud to train Ipswich Hospital's future leaders in gynaecology and obstetrics care. Dr Wedisinghe led the development of a cervical screening decision aid, now published in a top medical journal. He set out to improve the uptake of screening by making it easier for women to understand their options. Only 6 in ten Queensland women do the recommended screening every 5 years. It’s even less for women living in West Moreton. Together with researchers at Ipswich Hospital and The University of Queensland, Dr Wedisinghe developed a simple guide to help inform a woman's cervical screening choice. Women can choose between two types of tests. They can collect the sample themselves, or a doctor can do it. The guide explains the options and how they compare. The research was made possible by the Ipswich Hospital Foundation, via the Regina and Vicki Doig Research Scholarship for cancer care. The goal? To support more women to routinely screen for cervical cancer. Why? Screening saves lives. It's been Dr Wedisinghe's mission to improve survival rates since the death of a colleague from cervical cancer. His research highlights how clear communication can help people to prioritise their health. To use the guide, visit: https://lnkd.in/g4R-Ex4q To read more about the research, visit: https://lnkd.in/g_CC6WwZ

Tag a friend to let them know we're hiring! Whether you’re an experienced health professional or just starting out, there’s a place for you at West Moreton Health. We're committed to a thriving workplace that reflects our diverse community. 🌏💙 From patient care to essential behind-the-scenes roles, every one of our team plays a part in delivering healthcare to our community. We're looking for: ✅ Fire Safety and Security Officers to protect our staff, patients and equipment ✅ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers to provide a culturally safe health journey ✅ Clinical Coders to ensure patient records tell the full story ✅ Senior Social Workers to support people with complex care ✅ Oral Health Therapists to keep our smiles healthy ✅ Psychiatrists to support mental health and wellbeing ✅ Admin officers in our emergency departments to help when you need it most ✅ Pharmacists to help patients on their road to recovery ✅ Solution Architecture Leads to design the future of healthcare Apply now: https://lnkd.in/gFp7Wb6R #WestMoretonHealth #Jobs #Recruitment #Health #Queensland

Step inside our Cardiac Catheter Laboratory at Ipswich Hospital. What's a Cardiac Catheter Lab? It’s the place you'll come if you need life-saving investigation and diagnosis of serious heart health issues. It’s also a place for research and innovation. Right now, our team of doctors, nurses, radiographers and cardiac scientists are studying the use of intravascular ultrasound to open a person’s coronary arteries (called stenting). The research study looks at staff knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in using this technology to identify opportunities for better education and ultimately, deliver even better care for our patients. Cardiac conditions are a leading cause of hospitalisations in the West Moreton region which is why it's so important that we prioritise research and innovation that will directly benefit our community. Thanks to our partners Ipswich Hospital Foundation for supporting this study via the IHF Impact Funding program, you have our hand on heart gratitude. #WestMoretonHealth #CardiacCathLab #Research

Introducing our 2025 medical interns! 👏 We’re thrilled to welcome 50 new junior doctors – that’s a record number who have chosen West Moreton Health for this exciting chapter of their careers. 🧑⚕️👩⚕️ They’ll be supported to care for patients in general and emergency medicine, surgery and specialised areas including ear, nose and throat and mental health at Ipswich Hospital. Our experienced teams across the health service will be supporting the new interns to learn everything from how to confidently insert a cannula to where to find the best food! We look forward to following their health journeys at West Moreton Health. 💚 #WestMoretonHealth #medicalintern

We're so grateful to the Brisbane Bronco's NRLW players for living and breathing the spirit of Christmas at Ipswich Hospital. Through the incredible work of our charity partner the Ipswich Hospital Foundation the players showed up with pressies and smiles for our patients and staff in the Sunshine and Acute Paediatrics Wards. Thank you, Ipswich Hospital Foundation for facilitating a really special visit.