Mater is looking for a Mental Health Registered Nurse to join Catherine's House based at our South Brisbane campus.

Join us and be part of delivering Queensland’s largest and most integrated perinatal mental health facility. We have an opportunity that is a permanent part time working 36 hours per week.

With one in five mums and up to one in ten fathers experiencing depression, anxiety and other mental health issues before or after the birth of a child, this new facility will triple the number of public beds in Queensland from 4 to 12 for families in need of perinatal mental health support.

Salary range: $41.74 $53.53 per hour plus 11.5% superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!

What you’ll be doing

• Provide high standards of service delivery by ensuring clinical practice is contemporary, individualised, safe, recovery-focused and evidence based
• Provide contemporary mental health care to mothers or primary carer.
• Utilise mental health nursing clinical skills within an integrated framework for mothers affected by acute and complex perinatal mental illness
• Provide mental health nursing care that takes into consideration the infant and the parent/primary caregiver-infant relationship. This may include access to needed medical, social, educational, vocational, psycho-social and other necessary services as they relate to the mother’s mental health needs, and their recovery

About you

• AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse and a current annual practicing certificate
• Recent experience of working clinically as a nurse within an acute mental health inpatient unit is highly regarded
• The successful applicant has or is willing to work towards specialist mental health nursing and/or perinatal and infant mental health qualifications
• Are an Authorised Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) in Queensland or you have worked primarily in a mental health setting for at least two (2) years, thereby enabling you to apply for recognition as an AMHP after completion of relevant training
• Are a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse with the ACMHN or you are willing to work towards same
• Experience in mental health nursing is essential
• Ability to work a rotating roster of 12-hour shifts including days, nights and weekends

Why join us?

Mater is Queensland’s largest and most innovative not-for-profit healthcare service, providing care for almost 700,000 patients a year across a network of 11 hospitals.

We are a leader in healthcare, education and research — and that’s because we employ exceptional people. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE

• Via salary packaging arrangements, allocate some living expenses directly from your pre-taxable income and ultimately increase your take-home pay
• Access to package meal and entertainment expenses via salary packaging
• Access to leading education and professional development via Mater Education
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
• Discounts to local and national business/venues for Dining/Retail/Travel & Accommodation/Other
• Unlimited access to a multitude of discounted fitness facilities through Fitness Passport
• Access to on-site, discounted parking
• Discounted food and beverage at various campus cafés and coffee venues

Applications close the Thursday 24th April 2025. Please contact Angela Lane, Nurse Unit Manager, Catherines House [email protected] for more information.

Please note we will be contacting candidates as applications come in, so encourage you to apply early. Please include a cover letter outlining your experience working in mental health and why you are interested in working at Catherine’s House.

Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.