Clinical Nurse Consultant

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 purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the speciality of Mental Health Hospital in the Home Program (MH-HITH) for MSAMHS. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) provides direct and indirect care as required and works in collaboration with the Nurse Unit Manager, Nurse Educator and wider MSAMHS Access Services health care team support the clinical unit in provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical nursing standards of practice for the specialty of the MH HITH.

The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) role will provide clinical expertise and leadership to the Mental Health Hospital in the Home Program (MH-HITH) for MSAMHS.

• Responsible for clinical leadership for MH-HITH services through the application of advanced clinical knowledge, skills and competency according to contemporary practice and standards of care.
• Collaborate with the Nurse Unit Manager, Nurse Educator and other members of the health care team to develop, implement, translate and evaluate clinical practice standard guidelines, policies, procedures and protocols using an evidence-based approach to clinical care and practice.
• Lead change and clinical redesign activities through service-wide quality and service improvement activities and the development of best practice IT support solutions.
• Provide clinical supervision, coaching, mentoring and formal education by coordinating with units and contributing to other educational programs as required.
• Provide patient and staff education, leadership within their expertise and act as a clinical resource, mentor, role model, and technical expert within the health care team environment.
• Participate and lead innovation and change to develop responses to address emerging service needs.

  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.

Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives

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.