About the role
Mater Hospital Brisbane is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse – Admitted Services to join our Young Adult & Mental Health Services team in a full-time, permanent role (36 hours per week). This is a shift-working position, involving 12-hour shifts across a 7-day rotating roster.
Catherine’s House is a world-class perinatal and infant mental health service, offering both inpatient and outpatient care. Working primarily within our 10-bed inpatient unit, you will provide advanced, evidence-based mental health nursing care to mothers experiencing significant perinatal mental illness while supporting their co-admitted infants in a family-centred, recovery-focused model of care.
Salary range: $54.45 - $58.30 per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you will play a key part in delivering high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care within an integrated mother and infant service, and:
- Deliver contemporary, individualised, safe and recovery-focused mental health nursing care to mothers and primary carers within an integrated perinatal model.
- Support consumers in developing parenting skills and enhancing early attachment with their baby while building strong therapeutic relationships.
- Contribute to a positive team culture by providing nursing leadership, mentoring less experienced clinicians, and working collaboratively across the multidisciplinary team.
- Participate in clinical program evaluation, strategic planning, and service improvement activities to ensure effective functioning of the mother and baby unit.
About you
You are a skilled mental health clinician with advanced practice capability, a supportive approach to teamwork, and a strong commitment to perinatal mental health care. You will bring:
- Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
- Authorised Mental Health Practitioner (AMHP) status in QLD, or at least two years’ mental health experience enabling eligibility for AMHP recognition following training.
- Willingness to work towards specialist mental health and/or perinatal and infant mental health qualifications.
- Advanced skills in mental health assessment, diagnostic formulation, treatment planning and delivery, and discharge planning.
- Ability to manage complex mental health presentations safely using advanced de-escalation techniques.
- Strong ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and contribute respectfully to treatment planning.
- Capacity to provide clinical supervision, mentorship and positive role modelling—including safe and appropriate parenting practices.
- Ability to liaise effectively with consumers, families, health professionals, students and researchers to support high-quality service delivery.
- Credentialed Mental Health Nurse status with ACMHN or willingness to work towards credentialing (desirable).
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 11 (soon to be 12) hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education, fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.
- Increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options, including meal and entertainment benefits
- Grow your career with access to industry-leading training and professional development through Mater Education
- Wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Program and on-site pastoral care teams
- Access a range of health and wellbeing services with a corporate discount on private health insurance
- Exclusive discounts across dining, retail, travel, accommodation (just to name a few!)
- Stay active with unlimited access to discounted gyms via the Fitness Passport program
- Convenient, discounted on-site parking
- Enjoy great food with reduced prices at our campus cafés and coffee spots
- Join Queensland’s Largest and Most Innovative Not-for-Profit Healthcare Team.
Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater. #MAKEYOURMATERMOVE
Applications close on Monday 8th December 2025. Please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW!
Mater is committed to the wellbeing of their staff, and it is underpinned by our flexible and remote working policies.
Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.
Mater Group is dedicated to creating a workplace that values diversity and inclusion. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and abilities. We believe in providing equal opportunities for all qualified candidates.
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