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Clinical Nurse - Mental Health
Cleveland
Shape Recovery-Focused Care in Adult Community Mental Health
Join Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services as a Clinical Nurse and provide advanced, recovery-focused mental health care while leading clinical practice, education and quality improvement within a community setting.
Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Nursing |
| Classification | Nurse Grade 6 (1) |
| Workplace Location | Brisbane - South,Brisbane - East |
| Job ad reference | QLD/MS01672846 |
| Closing date | 18-Jan-2026 |
| Job duration | 6 months with possibility of extension |
| Contact person | Sheena Peck |
| Contact details | (07) 3825 6146 Access the National Relay Service |
Your new role:
As a Clinical Nurse within the Adult Community Mental Health Team, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist nursing care to consumers with complex mental health needs in a community setting. Key responsibilities include:
- Delivering and coordinating high-quality, person-centred mental health nursing care using advanced clinical judgement.
- Providing clinical leadership, supervision and support to nursing staff and students.
- Leading and contributing to quality improvement, education, research and portfolio responsibilities.
- Working autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to optimise consumer outcomes.
About you:
You are an experienced mental health nurse who demonstrates strong clinical leadership and a commitment to recovery-oriented, evidence-based practice. You will bring:
- Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in adult mental health nursing.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor and support staff in complex clinical environments.
- Strong critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Commitment to quality improvement, professional development and person-centred care.
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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.
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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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