Registered Nurse – Join Logan Hospital’s Leading Mental Health Team!

Join Logan Hospital’s Acute Inpatient Mental Health team and deliver safe, compassionate, evidence-based care. Permanent full-time and part-time roles available!

Job details

About your role

As a Registered Nurse with Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services at Logan Hospital, you will provide person-centred care to patients in the acute inpatient setting. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to ensure best-practice outcomes while supporting recovery-focused care.

Key responsibilities include:

• Deliver safe, high-quality nursing care using evidence-based practices.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient-centred care in collaboration with patients and families.
• Utilise clinical judgement, critical thinking, and time management to prioritise care.
• Act as a team leader when delegated, providing coordination and clinical guidance.
• Maintain accurate documentation using EMR and adhere to quality and safety frameworks.
• Participate in education, mentoring, and quality improvement initiatives.

About you

You are a compassionate and motivated nurse who thrives in a collaborative mental health environment and is committed to continuous learning and professional growth.

You will bring:

• Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse and tertiary qualification in Nursing.
• Experience or willingness to develop skills in mental health assessment and care planning.
• Knowledge of evidence-based nursing practice and commitment to quality improvement.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to supervise, mentor, and support junior staff and students.
• Commitment to lifelong learning and maintaining clinical competence.

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.

• 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
  
  MS09660720 Role Description (PDF, 479KB)
  Role Description