Lead innovative youth mental health care and make a lasting impact across acute and sub-acute services.

Join Metro South Health to drive clinical excellence, improve service access and support better outcomes for young people and families.

Job details

Your new role:

This is an exciting opportunity to provide advanced clinical leadership and coordinate access and flow across Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) acute and sub-acute programs. You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to ensure young people receive the right care, at the right time, in the most appropriate setting.

• Coordinate intake, triage and admissions across acute and sub-acute CYMHS services
• Provide expert clinical leadership and advice in complex mental health care and risk management
• Lead quality improvement initiatives focused on access, flow and service outcomes
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to support safe, timely and person-centred care

About you:

We are seeking an experienced and compassionate mental health nursing professional who thrives in a fast-paced clinical environment and is committed to improving outcomes for young people and families.

• Registered Nurse with advanced clinical experience in mental health and/or addiction services
• Demonstrated leadership, decision-making and stakeholder engagement skills within multidisciplinary teams
• Strong understanding of contemporary mental health models of care, clinical governance and evidence-based practice
• Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining a high standard of patient-centred care and service delivery

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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.

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)
  
  MS05682867 (PDF)