Be the First Point of Care – Mental Health Call Clinician Needed!

Play a crucial role in providing assessment, intervention, and support as part of the Mental Health Call service. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver patient-centred care, while contributing to service improvement and student education. Full-time and part-time positions available!

Job details

About your role

As a Clinical Nurse within Mental Health (MH) Call, you will provide advanced clinical care, expert planning, and coordination for people with acute mental health concerns. You will act as a clinical leader within the multidisciplinary team, ensuring the delivery of safe, evidence-based, and recovery-focused nursing care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering comprehensive nursing assessments, care planning, and interventions
• Leading and coordinating team activities, shift planning, and clinical decision-making
• Providing expert guidance and support to nursing staff, students, and colleagues
• Participating in quality improvement initiatives and risk management strategies
• Acting as a clinical and educational resource to foster a learning culture
• Supporting the implementation of policies, practice changes, and clinical innovations

About you

You are an experienced and compassionate nurse who thrives in complex, fast-paced clinical settings. You will bring:

• Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in mental health nursing
• Strong critical thinking, problem-solving, and care coordination skills
• Leadership skills with the ability to mentor, guide, and support team members
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Post graduate qualification or currently enrolled in a post graduate program in a relevant area of study (highly desirable)
• Current credentialing or working towards credentialing as a mental health nurse (highly desirable)

What we can offer you:

• 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
  
  MS10661784 HP3 Role Description (PDF, 433KB)
  Role Description
  
  MS10661784 CN Role Description (PDF, 482KB)
  Role Description