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Role details
The Greater Whitsunday Mental Health Service at the Proserpine Hospital is seeking applications for a Clinical Nurse Consultant to join their team on a temporary basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
The Clinical Nurse Consultant provides advanced practice level clinical skills to ensure patient-focused and recovery focused evidence-based nursing care, plans and coordinates the clinical management of patient/client care and provides leadership and support to other nursing staff within the Greater Whitsunday Mental Health and AOD Service.
Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide mental health case management services to mental adult clients with a severe or moderate mental illness/disorder and/or substance abuse issue. Case management will include triage, assessment, intervention and treatment in accordance with professional standards and legislation (Queensland Mental Health act 2016; State and National Plans and Policies).
About the Team
This position is part of the Greater Whitsunday Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Service and involves providing mental health and AOD services to outreach sites of the Whitsunday region including Airlie Beach, Cannonvale, Bowen and Collinsville. The position is based at Proserpine Hospital. There is the expectation that successful applicant would travel to Mackay for training as required.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License.