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Clinical Nurse Consultant
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Clinical Nurse Consultant - Youth Step-Up Step-Down Unit
Make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people experiencing complex mental health challenges. As the Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Logan Youth Step-Up Step-Down Unit, you will lead clinical excellence, empower a multidisciplinary team and champion recovery-oriented care that helps young people build resilience, strengthen wellbeing and move towards recovery in a safe and supportive community environment.
Job details
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS11695745 |
| Closing date | 12-Nov-2026 |
| Job duration | Permanent full-time |
| Contact person | Stacey Sobolewski |
| Contact details | (07) 3053 9520 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
Join Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services as a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) and provide advanced clinical leadership to support safe, high-quality, recovery-oriented mental health care for young people aged 16–21 years experiencing severe and complex mental health challenges.
- Provide expert clinical leadership in mental health nursing, delivering and guiding evidence-based, person-centred care and supporting comprehensive assessment, clinical decision-making and individualised care planning.
- Drive clinical quality and service improvement by contributing to clinical governance, risk management, clinical practice guidelines and the implementation of best-practice standards to improve patient outcomes.
- Lead education and workforce development through clinical supervision, mentoring, coaching and education to build workforce capability and promote contemporary mental health nursing practice across the multidisciplinary team.
About you:
You are an experienced and motivated mental health nursing professional who brings advanced clinical expertise, strong leadership capabilities and a commitment to recovery-oriented, person-centred care for young people.
- Demonstrated advanced clinical expertise in mental health nursing, with sound clinical judgement, critical thinking and problem-solving skills to support complex clinical presentations and safe, effective care.
- Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence practice, build collaborative relationships, provide clinical consultancy and support the development of nursing staff within a multidisciplinary environment.
- A commitment to evidence-based practice and continuous improvement, with the ability to contribute to clinical governance, quality initiatives, education and research that enhance service delivery and patient outcomes.
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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.
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