Make a difference for young people as a Clinical Nurse Consultant

Permanent full-time Clinical Nurse Consultant opportunity in Logan Central, providing advanced clinical leadership and specialist mental health nursing expertise within the Child and Youth Mental Health Service.

About This Role

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As a Clinical Nurse Consultant, You'll Provide Advanced Clinical Leadership And Specialist Expertise To Support Secure, High-quality, Person-centred Care For Young People And Their Families, Working Closely With The Multidisciplinary Team To

- Provide advanced clinical assessment, advice and nursing care within the Child and Youth Mental Health specialty.
- Coordinate referrals and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, patients, carers and other stakeholders.
- Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, education and support to nursing and healthcare teams.
- Promote evidence-based practice, quality improvement, clinical governance and contemporary mental health nursing.
- Use expert clinical judgement, critical thinking and advanced problem-solving to improve patient outcomes.
- Support service innovation, research, clinical redesign and workforce development.
- Contribute to a positive, collaborative practice environment focused on safe and person-centred care.

About You We're looking for an experienced mental health nurse who can bring advanced clinical expertise, leadership and a commitment to positive outcomes, with:

- Advanced knowledge, skills and competence in mental health nursing practice.
- Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality, person-centred clinical care.
- Strong clinical assessment, decision-making, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration,



negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Experience supporting education, mentoring, coaching and professional development.
- A commitment to evidence-based practice, research and continuous quality improvement.
- The ability to work effectively with young people, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
- Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a relevant tertiary nursing qualification.

Check out our quick tips and application essentials! What We Can Offer You

- Develop your clinical leadership capability through mentoring, education, service improvement and professional leadership opportunities.
- Contribute to research, innovation and evidence-based improvements in mental health care.
- Work within a service committed to person-centred care, clinical excellence and continuous improvement.
- Access flexible working arrangements that support work-life balance where operationally appropriate.
- 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 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.

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