Clinical Nurse - Mental Health Assessment Team

Lead with expertise and make a difference in acute mental health care at Logan Hospital.

Join our 24-hour Mental Health Assessment Team and use your expertise to deliver compassionate, recovery-focused care to people experiencing acute mental health concerns.

About This Role

Your new role:

As a Clinical Nurse within the Logan Hospital Emergency Department Mental Health Assessment Team, you will provide advanced clinical expertise and leadership to support high-quality, person-centred care for consumers experiencing acute mental health concerns.

• Provide advanced assessment, clinical care, problem-solving and care coordination for consumers with complex mental health needs.
• Provide clinical leadership, expert advice and support to the multidisciplinary team, including guidance around risk management and the Mental Health Act 2016.
• Contribute to education, mentoring, quality improvement, research and clinical practice initiatives that support safe and contemporary mental health care.
• Work autonomously while supporting the coordination of the service and contributing to a positive, collaborative and recovery-focused team environment.

About You

We are looking for an experienced mental health nurse who brings strong clinical expertise, sound judgement and a genuine commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centred care.

• Demonstrated advanced knowledge, skills and experience in contemporary mental health and/or addiction nursing practice.
• Strong clinical leadership, critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience providing comprehensive assessment, care planning, risk management and evidence-based interventions for consumers with complex mental health needs.
• A commitment to professional development, education, quality improvement and reflective practice, with a relevant postgraduate qualification or current enrolment highly desirable.

What We Can Offer You

• 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.

About Us

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

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.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

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