Lead Advanced Mental Health Care in the Emergency Department!
Join the Bayside Emergency Department Mental Health Team at Redland Hospital as a Nurse Practitioner and deliver advanced, recovery-focused mental health care within a dynamic 24/7 emergency environment.
Working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, you'll provide expert assessment, diagnosis, treatment and clinical leadership while driving creative models of care that improve outcomes for consumers experiencing acute mental health and behavioural health concerns.Your new role:As the Nurse Practitioner within the Bayside ED Mental Health Team, you will deliver advanced clinical care while leading innovation and service improvement across emergency mental health services.
Practising to the full scope of your Nurse Practitioner endorsement, you'll provide timely, evidence-based interventions that support high-quality consumer outcomes.You will:Provide advanced assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing and coordinated care for consumers presenting with mental health and behavioural health concerns.Lead rapid clinical decision-making, facilitating timely referrals, treatment pathways and patient flow within the Emergency Department.Drive improvements to nurse-led models of care through quality improvement, education and evidence-based practice.Mentor and support Emergency Department clinicians, strengthening capability and confidence in managing mental health presentations.About you:You are an experienced and compassionate Nurse Practitioner who thrives in fast-paced clinical environments and is committed to delivering person-centred, recovery-focused care.You will bring:Endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a Master's qualification in Nurse Practitioner studies.Extensive advanced clinical experience in addiction and mental health, ideally within emergency or acute care settings.Exceptional leadership, communication and collaboration skills,



with the ability to influence multidisciplinary teams.A passion for continuous improvement, education and developing innovative models of care that enhance patient outcomes.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 communityalcohol 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 | EXCELLENCEOur 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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📌 Nurse Practitioner - Bayside Emergency Department (Queensland)
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Queensland