The PAH Wellbeing Team are looking for a Clinical Nurse - Assessment Clinic to join their team. The PAH Wellbeing Team provides comprehensive mental health assessments and appropriate and timely support via a planned system of care for suitably triaged consumers and those who self-refer to the Woolloongabba Community Health Centre. The team engages consumers, carers and families in the development of individualized care, recovery, relapse prevention, and re-entry plans acknowledging the consumer as an expert in their own care.
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We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
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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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About the Role
The team provides seamless and timely transitions of patients within MSAMHS, and into primary care, non-government organisations, and other appropriate services.
- The Clinical Nurse (CN) role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning, and coordination skills in the clinical management of patients/consumers with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards are met.
- This role works autonomously within the healthcare team structure and is pivotal in the planning, managing, and delivering of Addiction and Mental Health specialist nursing care.
- The CN provides clinical leadership for professional and clinical practice, education, and research.
- The role supports in management activities including portfolio responsibilities.
- The Clinical nurse is responsible for the physical health care assessment and supports the multidisciplinary team in the monitoring and intervention of physical health care needs.
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.
Further information
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.
Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
Documents
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