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Your new Role:

As a Registered Nurse within our Mental Health Inpatient Units, you will play a critical part in delivering safe, compassionate, person-centred care as part of a committed, multidisciplinary team.

• Provide direct, comprehensive nursing care aligned with best clinical practices and person-centred principles.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, patients, families, and carers to assess, plan and evaluate individual care.
• Lead and support clinical processes and quality initiatives, including mentoring junior staff and participating in audits.
• Apply evidence-based practice and critical thinking to improve patient outcomes and contribute to a culture of continuous improvement

About You:

You are a dedicated and compassionate nursing professional, driven to provide quality mental health care with a strong sense of empathy, accountability and teamwork.

• Current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia as a Registered Nurse.
• Demonstrated skills or willingness to develop expertise in mental health assessments, risk evaluation, and collaborative care planning.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trust with diverse teams, patients, and families.
• Committed to continuous professional development, evidence-based practice, and contributing to a supportive, high-performing clinical environment

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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.

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:

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 Metro South Health:

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

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

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.

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.

• MS08651268 Role Description (PDF, 613KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 371KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants