Make Impact Where It Counts – Mental Health ED Nursing

Join Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services as a Clinical Nurse (NG6.1) in the Mental Health Emergency Department at Redland Hospital. In this permanent full-time role, you will deliver advanced mental health assessment, risk management and care planning for consumers presenting to ED, while working collaboratively within a fast-paced, interprofessional emergency environment.

Job details

Your new role:

As a Clinical Nurse in the Mental Health Emergency Department, you will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality, person-centred mental health care to consumers presenting in crisis. Working autonomously and in close partnership with the Emergency Department team, you will provide advanced assessment, risk management and care planning while supporting safe, timely and recovery-oriented outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting comprehensive mental health and risk assessments for consumers presenting to ED
• Developing, implementing and evaluating evidence-based care and safety plans
• Providing expert clinical advice to ED staff and multidisciplinary stakeholders
• Supporting clinical leadership, shift coordination and mentoring of nursing staff

About you:

You're a confident and capable mental health nurse who thrives in complex clinical environments and brings calm, clarity and leadership to challenging situations. You're comfortable working autonomously, while still being deeply collaborative and values-driven.

You will bring:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA (NMBA)
• Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in mental health nursing
• Strong assessment, critical thinking and risk-management skills
• The ability to lead, mentor and support nursing staff in acute settings
• Knowledge of mental health legislation and recovery-oriented practice

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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.

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 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)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)
  
  MS02675521_HP Role Description (PDF)
  
  MS02675521_NG Role Description (PDF)