Recovery, Resource and Partnerships Team are looking for a Mental Health Intervention Coordinator - Clinical Nurse Consultant to join their team. 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 at a number of campuses across Metro South Health. The service is committed to the provision of services that are patient centred and recovery focussed. The role is a specialist position based on a consultation and liaison model of service between MSAMHS, Queensland Police Service and Queensland Ambulance Service.

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We are Metro South Health 

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

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 committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to provide advanced level clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the speciality of the Mental Health Intervention Program (MHIP). The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides direct and indirect care as required and works in collaboration with the Team Leader Recovery, Resource and Partnerships Team (RRPT), Nursing/Community Director, and wider Access Services health care team. The MHIC CNC supports the service, in the provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical nursing standards of practice for the specialty of Mental Health Intervention Coordination.

The Mental Health Intervention Coordinator (MHIC) position is a specialist position based on a consultation and liaison model of service between Metro South Addiction & Mental Health Services (MSAMHS), Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS). The MHIC promotes, coordinates, and reviews the operational, clinical, and educational requirements of the Mental Health Intervention Program (MHIP) and the Tri Agency Partnership between MSAMHS, QPS and QAS. The position will provide in reach services to Logan, Woolloongabba & Redlands services. The MHIC role provides an advanced level of consultation and liaison to stakeholders within the program to increase the capacity of district services to reduce and respond to mental health crisis situations. This is achieved through a high level of communication, collaborative service and community development, assessment and support, crisis intervention, training, and evaluation.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description. 

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.  

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. 

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. 

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS06641392_NG RD (PDF, 494KB)
  Role Description
  
  MS06641392_HP RD (PDF, 525KB)
  Role Description