Registered Nurse - Mental Health Central Staffing

About the role

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services (MSAMHS) is recruiting a Registered Nurse for its Mental Health Central Staffing team in Brisbane. The nurse delivers safe, compassionate and person-centred care across inpatient and community settings, working with multidisciplinary teams to give recovery-focused care to consumers across Logan, Princess Alexandra and Bayside services.

Key responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive mental health nursing care, including assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation tailored to each consumer's needs.
• Work with nursing, medical and allied health professionals, consumers and their families or carers.
• Apply clinical judgement, critical thinking and effective communication to respond to changing needs, prioritise care and promote patient safety.

Required profile

• Compassionate, motivated and adaptable registered nurse committed to recovery-focused mental health care.
• Strong clinical assessment, decision-making and problem-solving skills, able to plan and deliver safe, evidence-based, person-centred care.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, able to build therapeutic relationships and work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to professional development and reflective practice, with a willingness to grow specialist knowledge in mental health and addiction nursing.

What we offer

• Family-friendly work environment.
• Generous leave entitlements, salary and remuneration packages, and salary packaging.
• Professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

The position is permanent and open to full-time and part-time nurses. Applications are made through the Queensland Health careers site; agency referrals are not accepted. The closing date is 25 November 2026.