Your new role:
As Community Nursing Director, you will operate at a senior executive level, providing authoritative leadership, governance and operational oversight across Addiction Services. You will act as a trusted advisor and deputy to the Director of Addiction Services, influencing service design, performance, workforce and system integration at scale.
You will:
* Provide contemporary nursing leadership across Addiction Services
* Lead clinical and corporate governance, quality and safety frameworks
* Drive strategic service planning, performance and system reform
* Oversee workforce capability, financial stewardship and resource allocation
* Represent Addiction Services on executive, statewide and multi-agency forums
About you:
You are a highly accomplished senior nurse leader recognised for your ability to lead complex services, influence system-level change and deliver high-quality outcomes in dynamic environments.
You will bring:
* Extensive senior leadership experience in nursing and/or mental health services
* Proven capability in governance, workforce and financial management
* Exceptional strategic thinking and executive decision-making skills
* Strong stakeholder engagement and system leadership capability
* Commitment to trauma-informed, culturally safe and recovery-oriented care
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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:
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 better together.