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Bring your advanced clinical expertise and leadership to a role where you can influence contemporary Forensic Mental Health practice, support your colleagues and make a meaningful difference to patient and service outcomes.

About This Role

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As the Clinical Nurse Consultant – Forensic Mental Health, you will provide advanced clinical leadership, specialist expertise and consultancy to support the delivery of safe, high-quality and person-centred care within Continuing Care Team North at Princess Alexandra Hospital.

- Provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist consultancy in Forensic Mental Health, supporting contemporary nursing practice, clinical decision-making and positive patient outcomes across the care continuum.
- Partner with the Team Manager and multidisciplinary team to provide expert clinical assessment, advice and support, including direct and indirect patient care and the development of effective, person-centred care planning.
- Lead and contribute to clinical governance, quality improvement, service redesign and evidence-based practice, supporting innovation and the implementation of best-practice standards within the service.

About You We are looking for an experienced and highly capable clinician who can provide specialist Forensic Mental Health expertise while demonstrating robust clinical and professional leadership.

- You have advanced clinical knowledge and expertise in Forensic Mental Health, with highly developed clinical reasoning, critical thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills.




- You are an effective communicator and collaborator who can build strong relationships, provide expert clinical advice and influence positive practice across nursing and multidisciplinary teams.
- You demonstrate a strong commitment to person-centred care, clinical governance, quality improvement, evidence-based practice and research, with the ability to lead and support service improvement initiatives.

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 Community and Oral Health Services:



Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children. We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community 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.

📌 Forensic Liaison Officer - Clinical Nurse Consultant (Queensland)
🏢 Metro South Health
📍 Queensland