Registered Nurse - Mental Health Central Staffing

Metro South Health; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family-friendly environment

Salary packaging

Professional development allowances

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

Metro South Health is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse for the Mental Health Central Staffing team to deliver safe, person-centred care across MSAMHS services in Logan, Princess Alexandra and Bayside. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate care with a focus on recovery and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

You will contribute to patient safety, apply sound clinical judgement, and work across inpatient and community settings to support positive outcomes for consumers.

Qualifications

• Mental health nursing skills across inpatient and community settings.
• Competent in assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Ability to work with multidisciplinary teams to achieve recovery-focused outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive mental health nursing care tailored to individuals.
• Collaborate with nursing, medical and allied health teams and families.
• Apply clinical judgement and effective communication to respond to changing needs and ensure safety.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Clinical assessment

Care planning

Communication

Collaboration

Professional development

Education

Registered Nurse

Job description

Make a difference in mental health nursing with Metro South Health.

Join our Mental Health Central Staffing team and bring your clinical skills, compassion and flexibility to deliver high-quality, recovery-focused care to consumers across Logan, Princess Alexandra and Bayside services.

Your New Role

As a Registered Nurse within the Mental Health Central Staffing team, you will deliver safe, compassionate and person-centred care across Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services (MSAMHS), working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive outcomes for consumers.

• Provide comprehensive mental health nursing care, including assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation, ensuring care is tailored to the individual needs of consumers.
• Work collaboratively with nursing, medical and allied health professionals, consumers and their families/carers to deliver high-quality, recovery-focused care across a range of inpatient and community settings.
• Apply sound clinical judgement, critical thinking and effective communication skills to respond to changing clinical needs, prioritise care and promote patient safety and quality outcomes.

About you:

• You are a compassionate, motivated and adaptable Registered Nurse who is committed to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care and making a positive difference to the lives of consumers.
• Demonstrate strong clinical assessment, decision-making and problem-solving skills, with the ability to plan and deliver safe, evidence-based and person-centred nursing care.
• Have well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build therapeutic relationships and work effectively and collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrate a commitment to professional development, reflective practice and continuous improvement, with a willingness to develop and strengthen your specialist knowledge and skills in mental health and addiction nursing.

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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 (MSAMHS) provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and communityalcohol and drugservices for all age groups at a number of campuses across Metro South Health. MSAMHS is committed to the provision of services that are patient centred, and recovery focussed. Mental Health Services are guided by the Mental Health Act 2016.

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.

We are better together .

Occupational group Health - Nursing