Drive Better Mental Health Outcomes in Emergency Care

Lead and coordinate expert mental health care in the ED, delivering rapid, patient-centred interventions and improving outcomes for people in crisis

Job details

Your new role:

• Step into a pivotal clinical leadership role where you'll drive high-quality mental health care and coordination within a fast-paced Emergency Department environment.
• Lead rapid mental health assessments, crisis intervention, and care planning in line with the Mental Health Act 2016
• Coordinate patient flow across ED, community, and inpatient services to improve outcomes and reduce length of stay
• Provide expert clinical leadership, supporting multidisciplinary teams with risk management, decision-making, and best practice care
• Strengthen collaboration with families, stakeholders, and services while promoting safe, person-centred and recovery-oriented care

About you:

• You are an experienced and confident mental health nurse who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about improving care outcomes.
• Registered Nurse with current AHPRA registration and advanced experience in mental health and/or addiction nursing
• Demonstrated expertise in clinical assessment, crisis intervention, care coordination, and risk management
• Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work autonomously and influence team practice
• Commitment to evidence-based care, continuous improvement, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams

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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 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)
  
  MS05681889 Role Description (PDF)