Nurse Practitioner - Addiction and Mental Health Services (Perinatal Wellbeing Team)

Queensland Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Professional development allowances

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

Queensland Government unit Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to lead perinatal mental health care across Logan, Beaudesert and Redland.

You will assess, diagnose and treat complex cases, collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, develop care pathways, mentor staff and drive quality improvement to improve outcomes for women and families in the perinatal period.

Qualifications

• Experienced Nurse Practitioner with advanced addiction and mental health nursing skills.
• Specialist knowledge in perinatal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum.
• Ability to prescribe within approved scope and work autonomously in a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of specialist, evidence-based perinatal mental health care.
• Conduct advanced assessments and diagnose conditions.
• Prescribe medications and refer within scope of practice.
• Collaborate with psychiatrists, GPs, obstetricians, midwives and allied health staff.
• Develop care pathways and mentor clinicians to improve outcomes.

Skills

Nurse Practitioner

Addiction & mental health nursing

Perinatal care

Job description

Your new role:As the Nurse Practitioner within the Perinatal Wellbeing Team, you will lead the delivery of specialist, evidence-based mental health care for women experiencing moderate to severe mental health challenges during pregnancy and up to 12 months after birth. Working autonomously and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, you will drive positive outcomes for women and families across Logan, Beaudesert and Redland.In this role, you will:Conduct advanced mental health assessments, diagnose conditions and deliver individualised treatment, including medication prescribing and referral within your approved scope of practice.Work with psychiatrists, GPs, obstetricians, midwives, child health nurses and allied health professionals to deliver integrated, person-centred support.Develop care pathways, strengthen nurse-led models of care and lead quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient outcomes.Mentor and educate clinicians, promote evidence-based practice and contribute to research, service development and innovation in perinatal mental health.About you:You are an experienced Nurse Practitioner with advanced clinical expertise in addiction and mental health nursing and a passion for improving outcomes for women and families during the perinatal period. You bring strong clinical judgement, collaborative leadership and a commitment to delivering safe, compassionate and evidence-based care.To succeed in this role, you will:Apply extensive addiction and mental health nursing knowledge to assess, diagnose and manage complex presentations using advanced practice skills.Lead multidisciplinary collaboration, mentor clinicians and drive improvements in clinical practice and service delivery.Use clinical data, research and quality improvement principles to enhance care, evaluate outcomes and inform practice.Build effective partnerships with patients, families and healthcare professionals to coordinate comprehensive, person-centred care.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.