Drive Better Outcomes for Young People in Crisis and Lead Youth Mental Health Care as a Nurse Navigator!

Join our CYMHS team as a temporary full-time Nurse Navigator (12 months) to coordinate care, improve service access, and support young people and families through acute mental health journeys.

Job details

Your new role:

This is your opportunity to take the lead in coordinating complex care for children and young people experiencing acute mental health challenges. As a Nurse Navigator, you'll drive seamless care, reduce system barriers, and improve outcomes across the continuum.

In this role, you will:

• Lead end-to-end care coordination across hospital and community services
• Deliver brief, targeted interventions to young people and families in crisis
• Streamline pathways and reduce fragmentation across the care journey
• Partner with multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders
• Champion service innovation and system improvement initiatives

About you:

You are a confident, driven mental health nurse who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about improving care for young people.

You will bring:

• Advanced experience in child and youth mental health settings
• Proven ability to lead, influence and coordinate complex care
• Strong communication skills with families, teams and stakeholders
• Systems thinking with a focus on improving patient journeys
• A commitment to innovation, evidence-based care and better outcomes

Check out our quick tips and application essentials!

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 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.

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)
  
  MS04679911 Role Description (PDF)