Clinical Nurse Consultant

Queensland Government; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Queensland Government in Brisbane seeks a Clinical Nurse Consultant to provide advanced clinical leadership across the Community Care Team within Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services. The role focuses on supporting clinicians, mentoring staff, and driving recovery-focused care for mental health and addiction needs.

You will work with multidisciplinary teams, ensure high-quality, person-centred care, and promote safe transitions across care settings.

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
• Advanced clinical knowledge in mental health and/or addiction nursing.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical advice, guidance and support to clinicians managing complex consumer needs.
• Mentor, coach and support professional development of staff and early career practitioners.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to implement evidence-based specialist interventions and improve clinical practice.
• Support safe transitions of care between community, sub-acute and primary care services.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Mentoring

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Evidence-based practice

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Postgraduate qualification

Job description

Your new role:As the Clinical Nurse Consultant - Community Care Team, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist nursing expertise across Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services. You will support clinicians managing complex presentations, strengthen workforce capability and champion person-centred, recovery-focused care for people experiencing mental health and addiction challenges.In this influential role, you will:Provide expert clinical advice, guidance and support to clinicians managing complex consumer needs.Mentor, coach and support the professional development of new staff and early career practitioners.Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement evidence-based specialist interventions and improve clinical practice.Support safe transitions of care between community, sub-acute and primary care services, promoting continuity of care and positive consumer outcomes.About you:You are an experienced nursing professional with advanced clinical knowledge, strong leadership capabilities and a commitment to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused mental health and addiction care. You thrive in a collaborative environment and are passionate about mentoring others, improving clinical practice and achieving positive outcomes for consumers.To succeed in this role, you will bring:Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and a relevant tertiary nursing qualification.Advanced clinical knowledge and experience in mental health and/or addiction nursing, including assessment and management of complex presentations.Demonstrated clinical leadership, communication and mentoring skills, with the ability to support workforce development and multidisciplinary collaboration.A commitment to evidence-based practice, clinical governance, continuous improvement and safe, person-centred care.A relevant postgraduate qualification, or current enrolment in a postgraduate program, is highly desirable.Check out our quick tips and application essentials!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 roleYou'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 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 | EXCELLENCEOur 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.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.