Clinical Nurse Consultant

at  Queensland Health

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About the Role
The purpose of this role is to provide clinical expertise and consultancy through advanced clinical leadership relevant to the speciality of Perinatal Mental Health. The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) will provide contemporary advanced, comprehensive, holistic, and evidenced based nursing assessment and treatment of women with mental health problems during the perinatal period: during pregnancy and up until their infant is one year of age within a family inclusive approach.

The CNC also provides screening around maternal/ infant attachment. The role provides consultation, liaison, education and specialist support to other health providers such as General Practitioners, obstetricians, midwives, child health nurses and allied health providers as well as mental health service providers around perinatal mental health. The CNC is expected to provide support and conduct research pertinent to perinatal mental health and professional issues arising from practice. The role will also support the coordination of the Together in Mind Group, as well as being the lead facilitator for the majority of the TIM groups run through the year, alternating between Logan and Bayside. The CNC will also facilitate the development of local partnerships within a framework of collaborative practice across the sector.

• Responsible for clinical leadership for Perinatal Wellbeing services through the application of advanced clinical knowledge, skills and competency according to contemporary practice and standards of care.
• Maintain high level of interpersonal and negotiation skills to inform and train the healthcare team of clinical practice updates and research findings within the Perinatal Wellbeing Service area.
• Utilise advanced clinical skills and expertise to support nurses in patient care planning, delivery and education.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives
You can find out more about why it’s so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

• Responsible for clinical leadership for Perinatal Wellbeing services through the application of advanced clinical knowledge, skills and competency according to contemporary practice and standards of care.
• Maintain high level of interpersonal and negotiation skills to inform and train the healthcare team of clinical practice updates and research findings within the Perinatal Wellbeing Service area.
• Utilise advanced clinical skills and expertise to support nurses in patient care planning, delivery and education