As a Clinical Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in delivering advanced, recovery-oriented nursing care to consumers with complex mental health needs. Working both autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will apply expert clinical judgement, provide leadership, and ensure high standards of professional nursing practice. This role offers the opportunity to influence patient outcomes, support system improvements, contribute to education, and engage in research and quality initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver advanced, evidence-based nursing care for consumers experiencing acute mental health concerns.
• Provide expert physical and mental health assessments, risk assessments, clinical planning, and evaluation of care.
• Act as a point of professional advice regarding mental health service delivery, Mental Health Act 2016 requirements, and comprehensive assessment principles.
• Lead and mentor nurses and students, providing guidance, supervision, and role modelling.
• Maintain accurate documentation and effectively utilise Electronic Medical Records and digital systems.

You are an experienced mental health nurse with advanced clinical skills, strong critical thinking ability, and a passion for delivering safe, compassionate, recovery-focused care. You thrive in complex situations, demonstrate leadership in practice, and positively contribute to a high-performing team culture.

• Demonstrated ability to practice autonomously and provide expert clinical leadership.
• High-level skills in mental health assessment, risk management, and care planning.
• Ability to mentor, supervise, and support RNs, ENs, AINs, and students.
• A proactive and resilient approach, aligned with organisational values and person-centred care philosophies.

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• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services (MSAMHS) provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses. The service is committed to the provision of services that are patient centred and recovery focussed.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are better together.