What your day could look like
As Nurse Unit Manager - Mental Health - Hospital in the Home, you'll play a critical role in shaping how acute mental health care is delivered beyond the hospital setting. Supporting people to receive timely, compassionate treatment at home, you'll work with a multidisciplinary team to deliver sustainable outcomes for patients, families and the wider community.
Every day, you'll contribute by:
Leading a high-performing team to deliver safe, evidence-based mental health care in the community
Guiding clinical decision-making that supports recovery, continuity of care and reduced hospital admissions
Building strong partnerships with consumers, carers and clinical services to coordinate wrap-around care
Driving service improvements that strengthen quality, safety and innovation in virtual and home-based care
Let's talk about you!
You're a confident and values-driven nursing leader who thrives in complex, community-based environments. You bring calm direction, clinical insight and genuine compassion to your work, and you know how to support teams through change while keeping people at the centre of care. What will make you proud is seeing consumers recover in familiar surroundings, supported by a service you've helped shape. You're here to create impact, lead with integrity and contribute to a health service that truly values dignity and courage.
Here's what will help you thrive in this role:
Current registration as a Registered Nurse with mental health experience
Proven leadership capability in acute or community mental health settings
Strong clinical governance, risk management and communication skills
A collaborative approach grounded in compassion, integrity and innovation
You'll stand out from the crowd if you bring experience leading multidisciplinary teams in community or virtual models of care and/or postgraduate qualifications in mental health or leadership.
Most importantly, you'll be passionate about recovery-focused mental health care and ready to make a meaningful difference across the Darling Downs.
Why Join Darling Downs Health?
At Darling Downs Health, we care for over 300,000 people across our expansive region. No matter where you live in our region, from Taroom in the north to Texas in the south, our purpose is to ensure accessible and sustainable care. It's complex, challenging work that makes a real difference - and the career possibilities are endless.
Whether you're a doctor, nurse, allied health professional, facilities team member, or administrator, you'll see your impact firsthand. Here, you'll find opportunities that simply don't exist elsewhere: the chance to lead initiatives, develop specialties, and embrace responsibilities that would take years to access in larger health services.
Darling Downs Health is where you can step up sooner, grow faster, and help shape the future of care across our region.
Your career at Darling Downs Health also comes with meaningful rewards:
Maximise your take-home pay with salary packaging and generous leave entitlements
Enjoy flexible work arrangements that support balance and variety
Access professional development funding, study leave and clear career pathways
Be part of a diverse and inclusive culture that values learning and collaboration
Take care of your wellbeing with EAP access, private health insurance discounts and the Fitness Passport
For a full list of benefits, visit: Darling Downs Health Benefits
Your future is here. Where are you?
If you're ready to make a meaningful impact and grow your career in a place that values people and purpose, we'd love to hear from you.
Click 'Apply Now' to submit your application and upload the requested documents.
Find out more about us!
Visit our careers site to learn more about working with Darling Downs Health:
www.health.qld.gov.au/darlingdowns
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