About your role

As a Nurse Practitioner within the Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Early Intervention Programs, you will use your advanced clinical skills to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to children, adolescents, and young people.

In this role you will:

• Provide advanced assessment, diagnosis, treatment, referral, and psychotherapy within your scope of practice.
• Prescribe and manage medication in line with NMBA endorsement and HHS policy.
• Lead the development and implementation of the headspace inReach program.
• Enhance service integration, ensuring seamless transitions across CYMHS and headspace.
• Contribute to research, education, and system improvements to support best practice in youth mental health care.

About you

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Nurse Practitioner who will be an advocate for person-centred care and an innovator in youth-focused models of service delivery.

You will bring:

• Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse and endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner.
• A Master's qualification in Nurse Practitioner studies.
• At least 5 years' clinical experience in addiction and mental health nursing.
• Advanced skills in assessment, diagnosis, treatment, prescribing, and care coordination.
• Strong leadership qualities, with the ability to mentor, support, and motivate others.
• Demonstrated ability to lead service improvements, implement change, and contribute to research.
• Highly developed communication, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.

What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.