Your new role:
As an Enrolled Nurse (Mental Health), you will practice under the supervision of a Registered Nurse or Midwife, consolidating your knowledge and skills to deliver safe, person-centred care. You will contribute to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care, supporting patients with complex mental health needs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing evidence-based nursing care under RN supervision
- Delivering compassionate, person-centred support across mental health services
- Assisting with admission, treatment, and discharge processes
- Maintaining accurate clinical documentation in electronic medical record systems
- Supporting patients, families, and carers with education and advocacy
- Contributing to quality, safety, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Upholding Metro South Health's values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement, and Excellence
About you:
We are seeking committed and adaptable Enrolled Nurses who are passionate about mental health nursing and recovery-focused care.
To succeed in this role, you will demonstrate:
- Current registration with AHPRA as an Enrolled Nurse (mandatory)
- Medication endorsement (required for this role)
- Ability to deliver safe, evidence-based care in collaboration with RNs
- Robust teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills
- Flexibility to work across shifts and adapt to unit needs
- Commitment to professional development and reflective practice
- A current C Class driver's licence and ability to travel as required
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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.
About us:
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.
📌 Enrolled Nurse
🏢 Metro South Health
📍 Brisbane