Your new role:
As a Clinical Nurse in our Mental Health Inpatient Units, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and coordinate high-quality, person-centred care for consumers with complex mental health and addiction needs.
In this role, you will:
Deliver and coordinate comprehensive mental health nursing care using advanced clinical judgement and critical thinking
Lead clinical decision-making and support safe, recovery-focused care within a multidisciplinary team
Supervise, delegate to, and support nursing and support staff to ensure optimal patient outcomes
Contribute to shift coordination, service delivery, and operational leadership in the absence of senior nursing staff
Support quality improvement activities, incident review, and adherence to clinical standards and frameworks
Engage in education, mentoring, and clinical facilitation for staff and students
Contribute to service innovation, research, and evidence-based practice improvements
About you:
You are an experienced Registered Nurse with strong clinical expertise in mental health and a commitment to recovery-oriented, person-centred care.
You bring:
Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse (essential)
Experience in acute mental health, inpatient or complex care settings
Strong clinical assessment, risk assessment, and care planning skills
Proven ability to lead, delegate, and support multidisciplinary teams
Advanced critical thinking and sound clinical decision-making abilities
Commitment to education, continuous learning, and professional development
Ability to work autonomously while contributing effectively to team outcomes
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What we can offer you:
Opportunities for clinical leadership and career progression within Metro South Health
Access to ongoing education, training, and professional development pathways
Exposure to research, quality improvement, and innovative mental health practice
Flexible working arrangements supporting work-life balance
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.
Logan Hospital:
Logan Hospital is the major health centre for one of the fastest growing areas in Queensland. We offer a range of services, including medical, rehabilitation, maternity, surgical and paediatric care.
We offer our staff and students extensive support and training in most medical specialties. As a teaching hospital, we help train future health care professionals and participate in research through strong partnerships with Queensland's leading medical schools, universities, and TAFE Queensland.
Our services will continue to grow as we build bigger and better facilities to support the community. By 2027, we'll have more beds and 5 more birthing suites as part of the Logan Hospital expansion.
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.
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