Lead Specialist Clinical Nursing in Complex Mental Health & Addiction Care

Deliver expert, person-centred care while shaping clinical practice, leading teams, and driving quality outcomes in Addiction and Mental Health services.

Job details

Your new role:

The Clinical Nurse provides advanced clinical leadership in the assessment, planning, coordination and delivery of complex Addiction and Mental Health care. Working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, you will ensure safe, person-centred and high-quality care aligned with clinical standards and governance frameworks.

You will lead and support nursing staff, contribute to service coordination and quality improvement activities, and support education and capability development across the workforce. This role requires strong clinical judgement, problem-solving skills and the ability to manage complex presentations while driving best practice and improved patient outcomes.

About you:

You are an experienced and confident Clinical Nurse with advanced capability in delivering high-quality, person-centred care in complex Addiction and Mental Health settings. You will bring:

• Proven clinical expertise in assessing, planning and managing complex mental health presentations
• Strong clinical leadership with experience supporting, mentoring and supervising nursing teams
• Advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills in high-pressure clinical environments
• Commitment to quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and ongoing professional development

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.

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 are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

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.

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.

• MS05682436 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)