Clinical Nurse, Queensland Health

Job Description

Coorparoo Community Care Unit are looking for a Clinical Nurse to join their team. The Clinical Nurse role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert assessment, planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of CCU residents with complex care needs, ensuring quality standards. A Community Care Unit (CCU) is an accommodation facility for adult mental health consumers who are in recovery but require additional support and life skills to successfully transition to independent community living. 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. We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, change lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. 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 committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. Join us 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 Clinical Nurse (CN) role provides advanced clinical and problem-solving skills, expert assessment, planning and coordination skills in the clinical management of CCU residents 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 with a focus on mental health rehabilitation. 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 delivering quality nursing care at an advanced level that requires a broad developing knowledge in professional issues for consumers who experience complex mental health issues. The Clinical Nurse promotes professional standards of practice and conduct and is responsible for achievement of unit goals and standards utilising contemporary evidence-based interventions. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for the physical health care monitoring and interventions for their allocated consumers and supports the multidisciplinary team in the monitoring of physical health care needs. The Clinical Nurse plays a pivotal role in providing in person support for the attainment of consumers goals including the development of independent living skills. CNs are expected to provide leadership for CCU nursing staff; this will include role modelling the purpose and expectations of a nurse working in mental health rehabilitation. Delegation of tasks will be a daily task required of the CN role. The position provides a contact and a source of professional advice for care providers and other relevant clinical stakeholders on mental health service delivery, comprehensive assessments, risk management and Mental Health Act 2016 legislation. 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. 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr