Join the Mental Health Central Staffing Casual Pool team!

Make a real impact across diverse mental health settings as an experienced Clinical Nurse providing advanced, recovery focused care where it's needed most.

Job details

Your new role:

You'll join the Mental Health Casual Pool as a Clinical Nurse, providing advanced clinical expertise and leadership across Emergency Departments, Acute Care Teams and other Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services locations.

• Delivering advanced, recovery‑focused mental health nursing care, including comprehensive assessment, risk management and coordination of care.
• Providing clinical leadership, supporting decision‑making, and guiding the healthcare team in complex and high‑acuity environments.
• Contributing to service quality through participation in audits, incident review, quality improvement and adherence to clinical standards.
• Supporting education, mentoring and professional development of nursing staff and students across the service.

About you:

You're a capable, confident and collaborative mental health clinician who brings advanced practice skills and a commitment to high‑quality, person‑centred care. We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Advanced mental health nursing expertise, including assessment, care planning, critical thinking and evidence‑based practice.
• Strong leadership capability with the ability to mentor others, coordinate shifts and contribute to a positive team culture.
• A commitment to continuous learning, reflective practice and supporting the development of colleagues and students.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams and diverse clinical environments.

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

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)
  
  MS04680603 Role Description (PDF)