Clinical Nurse (Mental Health) – Lead Complex Care & Recovery Support

Lead and deliver advanced, recovery-focused mental health care for complex patients while providing clinical leadership, education, and support within a multidisciplinary team. Two 6 month temporary contracts are available

Job details

Your new role:

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver advanced mental health nursing care while leading clinical practice within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

• Provide high-level, recovery-focused care to consumers with complex mental health needs, particularly psychotic disorders
• Lead clinical decision-making, care planning, and coordination to ensure safe, evidence-based outcomes
• Support and guide the multidisciplinary team, contributing to education, supervision, and a positive team culture
• Play a key role in quality improvement, risk management, and service development initiatives

About you:

You are a confident and experienced mental health nurse who brings strong clinical leadership and a commitment to person-centred care.

• Registered Nurse with current registration and demonstrated experience in mental health nursing
• Advanced clinical skills with the ability to manage complex presentations and apply critical thinking
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to support and influence others
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and delivering high-quality, evidence-based 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 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)
  
  MS05682000 Role Description (PDF)