Lead a community mental health team delivering short-term therapy

Metro South Health is seeking a Nurse Manager – Team Leader Adult Wellbeing (NG7) to lead the Logan Adult Wellbeing Team within Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services. Based at Logan Central, this permanent full-time leadership role is responsible for operational management, workforce leadership and delivery of recovery-focused care for consumers experiencing mood disorders and situational crises.

Job details

Your new role:

As the Team Leader, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and operational management of a multidisciplinary mental health team delivering short-term therapeutic interventions. You will oversee service delivery, workforce planning and resource management while ensuring high standards of patient-centred care.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading a multidisciplinary mental health team delivering short-term therapy
• Managing workforce, resources, service performance and operational priorities
• Supporting evidence-based mental health care and clinical governance
• Driving service improvement, quality initiatives and innovative care models
• Building strong partnerships across the mental health service network

About you:

You are a confident and experienced mental health nurse with strong leadership capability and a passion for recovery-oriented care. You thrive leading teams in complex service environments and are committed to delivering high-quality patient outcomes.

You will bring:

• Registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• Advanced knowledge of contemporary mental health nursing practice
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing teams or services
• Strong skills in workforce management, service planning and governance
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder engagement skills

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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)
  
  MS03677532_HP Role Description (PDF)
  
  MS03677532_NG Role Description (PDF)