Clinical Nurse - Integrated Mental Health & Substance Use Service Queensland Health Inala, Tabora Region, Tanzania

Clinical Nurse - Integrated Mental Health & Substance Use Service
Queensland Health Inala, Tabora Region, Tanzania

About the job

Metro South Hospital and Health Service are looking for a Clinical Nurse – Integrated Mental Health & Substance Use Service to join their team to provide advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients with complex mental health care needs, ensuring quality standards are met.

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About The Role

The Southern Queensland Centre of Excellence (SQCoE) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care is a Queensland Health service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The Clinical Nurse will work as part of a multidisciplinary team in a Primary Health Care / General Practice environment to create and implement an innovative community based mental health model of care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Mental health clinical services will include assessment, case management, collaborative care planning and therapeutic interventions within a recovery framework.

Provide expert clinical leadership in patient's/resident's/client's assessment, care planning and practice and role model to and collaborate with the healthcare team.
Responsible for and able to function in complex situations while providing support and direction to the healthcare team.
Act as a clinical and educational resource within an area based on knowledge, skills and experience to inform evidence-based practice.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² 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.

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against COVID-19 Health Employment Directive No. 12/21 and Queensland Health Human Resources Policy B70 .

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 .

Occupational group Health - Nursing

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.