Make a Difference Every Shift – Registered Nurse | Acute Adult Mental Health

Join our dedicated Adult Mental Health Inpatient team at Logan Hospital and provide compassionate, recovery-focused care to consumers experiencing acute mental illness. Whether you're looking for full-time or flexible part-time hours, you'll be supported to grow your career within one of Queensland's leading public health services.

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Your new role:

As a Registered Nurse within our Adult Mental Health Inpatient Units at Logan Hospital, you'll deliver safe, compassionate and recovery-focused care to consumers experiencing acute mental illness. Working alongside experienced nursing, medical and allied health professionals, you'll play a key role in assessment, care planning, therapeutic interventions and supporting consumers throughout their recovery journey. In this role you will:

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred nursing care in an acute inpatient mental health setting.
• Complete comprehensive mental health and risk assessments and develop individualised care plans.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, consumers and their families to achieve positive recovery outcomes.
• Provide therapeutic interventions, education and support to consumers and carers.
• Contribute to a safe, respectful and recovery-oriented ward environment.
• Work across adult inpatient mental health units within a 24/7 rotating roster.

About you:

You're a compassionate and resilient Registered Nurse who thrives in a collaborative environment and is committed to delivering exceptional mental health care. You bring sound clinical judgement, excellent communication skills and a genuine passion for supporting consumers through their recovery. To be successful, you'll have:

• Experience in mental health nursing or a genuine interest in developing your career in acute mental health.
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking and decision-making skills.
• The ability to build therapeutic relationships with consumers, families and carers.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills within a multidisciplinary environment.
• A commitment to evidence-based practice, continuous learning and quality improvement.
• Flexibility to work a 24-hour, 7-day rotating roster.

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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.

Logan Hospital:

Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.

We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.

Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.

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.

• MS07687085 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)