Your new role:
As the Clinical Nurse Consultant within the CYMHS Paediatric Consultation Liaison Team, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist expertise in child and youth mental health. Working across Logan and Redland Hospitals, you will support the delivery of safe, evidence-based and person-centred care to children and young people admitted to medical and paediatric wards.
You will play a key role in strengthening clinical practice, supporting the multidisciplinary team and driving education, research, quality improvement and service development.
Provide expert clinical assessment, consultation and advice in child and youth mental health.
Deliver advanced nursing practice and person-centred care across the care continuum.
Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, coaching and supervision to nursing and multidisciplinary staff.
Support the development and implementation of evidence-based clinical practices, guidelines and quality initiatives.
About you:
You are an experienced mental health nurse and confident clinical leader who is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people. You bring advanced clinical knowledge, sound judgement and the ability to influence and support others in a complex multidisciplinary environment.
Demonstrated specialist knowledge and experience in child and youth mental health.
Advanced clinical assessment, critical thinking, decision-making and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated ability to provide clinical supervision, education, mentoring and professional support.
Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2016 and its application to contemporary mental health practice.
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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:
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.
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