Clinical Nurse Consultant - Senior Care Coordinator

The Emergency Department Mental Health unit are looking for Clinical Nurse Consultant – Senior Care Coordinator to join their team. Working out of the Logan Hospital you will be a part of a multidisciplinary team that provides a 24-hour acute mental health assessment service for consumers presenting to the emergency department (ED) with acute mental health concerns.

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 Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) Care Coordinator (CC) provides direct and indirect care as required and works in collaboration with the Team Leader, Nurse Educator and wider emergency department and mental health care teams to support the clinical unit in provision of safe quality healthcare through exemplary clinical nursing standards of practice for the specialty of mental health.
• takes a leadership role in liaising with stakeholders in the ED and across community mental health teams including the Transitions Coordinator to assist in streamlining consumer flow across various mental health settings including ED, community and inpatient services through proactive care planning.
• works collaboratively with consumers and stakeholders on acute management plans, safety plans and relapse prevention plans to streamline assessment and intervention for consumers with complex mental health concerns presenting to the ED.

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.

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 ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).