Description:
Older Adults Mental Health Service are looking for a Clinical Nurse to join their team. The Older Adults Mental Health Service is a multidisciplinary service across inpatient and three community sites that provide specialist mental health services in partnership with the many primary and specialist services working towards older adults' mental health and wellbeing. This role works autonomously within the Healthcare Team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing and delivering of specialist nursing care in addictions and homelessness.
Job details
Position status Permanent Position type Part-time Occupational group Health - Nursing Classification Nurse Grade 6 (1) Workplace Location Brisbane - South,Logan - Beaudesert Job ad reference QLD/MS06637740 Closing date 04-Jun-2025 Salary Other $54.44 to $58.30 p.h Job duration Permanent Contact person Noel Delaney Contact details (07) 3489 2659Access the National Relay Service
We are Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.
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 committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together .
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
- Provide expert clinical leadership in patient's/resident's/client's assessment, care planning and practice and role model to and collaborate with the healthcare team.
- Responsible for and able to function in complex situations while providing support and direction to the healthcare team.
- Demonstrate a high level of clinical critical thinking and problem-solving skills, applying theory into nursing practice in the provision of best practice.
- Utilise knowledge and critical judgement to manage/change the nursing model or other relevant model of care to better suit the staff skill-mix and/or patient acuity e.g., individual patient allocation to team nursing.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence , shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers
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.