By Rhianwen Whitney and Belinda Sanders
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Southern Queensland's Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service says it is cutting three positions as part of a restructure of management roles at the Toowoomba Hospital.
Acting executive director Dr Peter Gillies says only one of the axed positions is occupied - the director of nursing - while the other two are vacant.
Dr Gillies says the hospital will group ward and departments into four areas - surgical, women and children, medical and ambulatory care and support service.
He says the changes are not a forced directive from the hospital and health board.
"Certainly not - this is an operational decision that's been made," he said.
"We've looked at the current structure and how it's working and come up with a structure that I certainly believe will be more efficient and provide a better level of care to patients."
Dr Gillies says the Queensland Nurses Union has been advised of the changes.
"We've just started a consultation process that'll run until April 5 - I think we've agreed - and we'll take feedback from staff and from unions as to how we implement that change and then we'd look to have it in effect from May 6," he said.
Topics: public-sector, unions, health-policy, health-administration, doctors-and-medical-professionals, toowoomba-4350
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