| Title and abbreviation | Role |
|---|---|
| Registered Nurse (RN) | A nurse who has completed and met the Australian Health Professional Regulation Authority (AHPRA) requirements for nursing registration; provides day-to-day nursing care. |
| Clinical Nurse (CN) | An expert RN clinician and leader with experience in the specialist area, who provides direct patient care; may support the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM). This role is responsible for patients, Enrolled Nurses (ENs), RNs working in their department. |
| Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) | The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). The CNC provides a clinical consultancy to clinical areas in their field of expertise and develops activities to meet the specific clinical needs; may also have management and financial skills. Initiates research and quality improvement activities within their area of expertise. |
| Community Discharge Liaison Nurse In Queensland, this is a Community Health Interface Program (CHIP) nurse (CDLN) |
This is an RN role with a specialist focus on community health and community service provision. This position is funded by community health. This position is funded externally to the ED. The role focusses on the discharging cohort from the ED. |
| Emergency Department Physician (GEDI lead physician) | This position is the medical clinical lead for the GEDI model. They also support the clinical medical and nursing care delivery. |
| Nurse Navigator (NN) | This is a clinical nurse consultant role (see description above), focussed on supporting patients with complex health care needs. The role focusses on the delivery of coordinated, patient-centred care, creating partnerships with different health providers and sectors. This role bridges the acute and community sector divide enabling movements across the system. |
| Geriatrician | Their focus in ED is on the clinical, preventative, remedial and social aspects of illness in older people. Working with the GEDI team and other multidisciplinary services available through ED or in the community to meet patients’ additional health or social requirements. |
| Ortho-geriatrician | Geriatrician who works as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team specialising in orthopaedic geriatrics. |
