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Clinical Nurse Consultant-Acute Inpatient Mental Health: Prevention, Response and Support (PReS)


Princess Alexandra Hospital (outreach to Bayside)

Lead safer mental health care through expert clinical leadership and rapid response

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Join our team as a Clinical Nurse Consultant – Mental Health and use your advanced clinical expertise to strengthen patient-centred care, support safer practice and respond to complex mental health presentations, including aggression and occupational violence emergencies.

Job details

Position status Fixed Term Temporary
Position type Part-time
Occupational group Health - Nursing
Classification Nurse Grade 7
Workplace Location Brisbane - South
Job ad reference QLD/MS08688640
Closing date 07-Aug-2026
Job duration 6 months with the possibility of extension
Contact person Jess Moussa
Contact details 0429 881 094
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Your new role:

As the Clinical Nurse Consultant – Mental Health, you will provide expert clinical leadership, consultancy and support to mental health inpatient services. Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, you will promote evidence-based practice, least restrictive care and improved patient outcomes. The PRES CNC role provides specialist clinical response and guidance during aggression and occupational violence events, supporting staff capability, safety and quality improvements across mental health services.

About you:

You are an experienced mental health clinician with advanced nursing knowledge, strong clinical leadership capability and a passion for delivering safe, evidence-based, person-centred care in complex mental health environments. You will have:

  • Demonstrated advanced clinical expertise in mental health and/or addiction nursing practice
  • Strong leadership skills with the ability to influence, support and develop multidisciplinary teams
  • Experience responding to complex clinical situations, including aggression and occupational violence risks
  • Sound knowledge of contemporary mental health legislation, evidence-based practice and quality improvement principles
  • Commitment to clinical excellence, reflective practice and improving outcomes for consumers, carers and 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 Metro South Addictions 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.

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Last updated
2 May 2023

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