Advance Your Mental Health Nursing Career - Join Metro South's Clinical Nurse Team!

Make a meaningful impact in the lives of people facing complex mental health and addiction challenges. As a Clinical Nurse with Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services, you’ll lead innovative, patient-centred care in a supportive, recovery-focused environment - where your expertise and leadership truly make a difference.

Job details

Your new role:

Join Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services (MSAMHS) as a Clinical Nurse, where you will play a pivotal role in delivering specialist nursing care to patients with complex mental health and addiction needs. In this autonomous position, you will lead clinical practice, provide education, and contribute to research, all within a patient-centred and recovery-focused environment.

As a Clinical Nurse, you will:

• Apply advanced clinical and problem-solving skills to manage and coordinate care for consumers with complex needs.
• Provide clinical leadership and expert guidance to nursing teams, supporting and supervising staff while ensuring adherence to quality standards and safety protocols.
• Lead initiatives in education, research, and service improvement, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver holistic, person-centred care aligned with contemporary mental health nursing practices.

About you:

We are looking for an experienced and compassionate Registered Nurse who is committed to advancing mental health and addiction care. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong clinical expertise, leadership skills, and a passion for education and research within mental health services.

You will:

• Demonstrate advanced knowledge and skills in addiction and mental health nursing, including comprehensive assessment, care planning, and evaluation of complex cases.
• Exhibit excellent clinical leadership and communication abilities, with experience in supervising nursing staff and promoting a collaborative team environment.
• Be proactive in professional development, education facilitation, and quality improvement initiatives, with a commitment to delivering best practice and evidence-based care.

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:

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.

• MS09655073 RD (PDF, 572KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants