Make the move. Make a difference.

Where compassion meets clinical skill.

Join the South Care Community Team in Edmonton as a Clinical Nurse Consultant and deliver specialist and advanced clinical mental health nursing practice within a multidisciplinary team. Provide evidence-based community interventions, expert clinical leadership and consultancy to support adults with mental illness, making a meaningful difference through assessment, treatment planning and recovery-focused care that promotes wellbeing, independence and optimal consumer outcomes in the community. COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us

The South Care Community Team provides recovery-focused mental health services through a multidisciplinary approach. Our team delivers clinical assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions and ongoing support to adults with mental illness, helping consumers maintain optimal functioning and wellbeing within the least restrictive environment. We are committed to evidence-based, person-centred care that supports recovery, independence and positive community outcomes.

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.

About your role

- Apply qualified judgement to a complex caseload, adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence.
- Contribute to the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols that support the continuum of care.
- Provide clinical advice,



leadership, and education to the Adult Community mental health team, and other stakeholders regarding service delivery and coordination, utilising high level written and oral communication skills.
- Monitor and report of clinical practice and outcomes within the clinical service area, and actively participate in initiating, developing and implementing quality and service improvement activities that enhance the delivery of mental health services.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

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Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.

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📌 Clinical Nurse Consultant. South Care Community Team - Cairns
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Cairns