Clinical Nurse, Mental Health Hospital in the Home - Cairns

Clinical Nurse, Mental Health Hospital in the Home - Cairns

Cairns & Hinterland Hospital and Health Service

Location: Cairns Work Type: Full-time Work Arrangement: Onsite

Cairns and Hinterland Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Services deliver compassionate, comprehensive care throughout the region, encompassing Cape York, Torres Strait, and the Northern Peninsula Area. The service supports individuals at all stages of their journey, from treatment and rehabilitation to early intervention and prevention, ensuring care is accessible and personalised. Through Access Services, individuals are directed to appropriate support by various dedicated teams, including Acute Care, intake services, co-responder programs with ambulance and police, sub-acute services, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, Primary Mental Health Care Liaison, and the Mental Health Hospital in the Home service. This program provides hospital-level care within the home environment, supporting individuals experiencing acute mental illness with personalised, recovery-focused care and close collaboration with families and carers.

About the Role:

• Apply independent clinical judgement and decision-making to complex clinical mental health presentations.
• Maintain current and high-quality clinical practice knowledge, skills, and expertise through active contribution to and participation in professional development activities.
• Contribute to the planning, development, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of a broad range of treatment and prevention activities to promote recovery from mental illness.
• Proactively participate in the multidisciplinary team and actively promote the services and profile of Access Services within the Hospital and Health Service.
• Act as a role model and mentor for Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, and less experienced mental health clinicians in the provision of holistic mental health care.

Further details regarding this role can be found in the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence will be required for employment, in accordance with relevant legislation, government policy, and Directives.

What We Offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service provides several workplace benefits. In addition to attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging, and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance, enabling you to enjoy the local sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef, and rainforest.

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