About us:
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service provide an extensive range of health services at more than 30 regional, rural and remote facilities across a geographical area of 142,900 square kilometres. The Health Service is 95 percent self-sufficient with only a small number of high-level acute services being provided in Townsville and Brisbane.

The Clinical Nurse Consultant provides a specialist and advanced standard of clinical mental health nursing practice. The CNC provides; liaison, consultancy and advice to support the delivery of evidence based clinical liaison interventions, focused on people with mental health issues throughout the Cairns Hospital non- mental health wards and to community mental health services. The CNC contributes at a leadership level to mental health service delivery and development with an emphasis on quality, cost effective, client-focused care in a multidisciplinary environment.

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:
Provide leadership to effectively plan, manage and evaluate specialist Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Services to achieve organisational goals.
Provide effective and effective management of service in collaboration with relevant Team Leader, Manager and Nursing Director, clinical and non-clinical staff to facilitate the provision of quality evidence-based Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Services.




Effectively manage self and in collaboration with Clinical Nurse Educators and other Clinical Nurse Consultants, develop staff to enable fulfilment of role responsibilities. Coordinate and provide specialist training and professional development activities to staff working with people with mental health issues.

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

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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.

Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment.

Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.

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📌 Clinical Nurse Consultant (Consultant Liaison Psychiatry Service) - Cairns (North Queensland)
🏢 Queensland Government
📍 North Queensland