The Royal Children's Hospital

Mental Health Nurse, Melbourne CBD

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Melbourne, AU (Onsite)  •  5 days ago
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Job Description

  • Full time or part time, fixed-term until June 2028
  • Generous salary packaging options to increase your take home pay
  • Work for a multidisciplinary team with a diverse range of backgrounds

So why cohealth?

cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

This position is based across cohealth's CBD services at 244 Flinders Street, where a multidisciplinary team provides holistic care to people who use drugs.

The role of the Community Mental Health Nurse is to enhance the quality, delivery, and integration of mental health care to AOD clients by providing nursing services with a focus on health promotion, prevention and advocacy.

Please refer to the Position Description to know more about the role.

Your duties include:

  • Build trust and rapport with clients to engage them in care and deliver nursing services
  • Within the multidisciplinary team, identify clients for health promotion programs, particularly across high risk and vulnerable population groups
  • Develop and maintain links with cohealth mental health programs, as well as key external stakeholders
  • Maintain professional, accurate and contemporaneous client notes, assessments and care plans

What cohealth offers:

  • Generous salary packaging of up to $15,900, plus an additional $2,650 for meals and entertainment, to help increase your take-home pay. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrific…
  • Novated Leasing is available along with a significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
  • Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, along with mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
  • An inclusive workplace where diversity is valued and the work you do makes a meaningful difference

Our ideal candidate:

  • Registered Nurse Division 1 with current practicing certificate with Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (APHRA)
  • Hold relevant psychiatric nursing qualifications including a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing or Masters in Mental Health Nursing
  • Demonstrated interest and knowledge in providing mental health nursing care to people in a community setting
  • Demonstrated understanding of social determinants of mental health and a social model of health approach to nursing practice

Application Process

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Abegayl De Bono at Abegayl.De-Bono@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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