• Full Time –80 hours per fortnight including ADO
  
• Develop your clinical skills in an acute mental health in-patient unit
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary teams

Life with Us:

Based at John Cade Acute Adult Psychiatry Ward at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, City Campus, this position offers post registration experience as well as the clinical, further educational and on-going training support to enable the Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) to further develop their clinical skills for work in an acute mental health in-patient unit.

Your new Team

• Deliver high standards of consumer care, which is not limited to mental health and will holistically include the consumers spiritual, cultural and physical health needs
• Demonstrate and contribute to medication safety, including safe medication administration
• Collaborate with members of the multidisciplinary teams
• Advocate for consumers and drive a high standards of care
• Complete admissions and discharges as per ward processes
• Preceptorship and mentoring of undergraduate, graduate, and post graduate nurses

Your Contribution:

• Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to ensuring patients understand and maintain the best possible physical health
• Present an understanding of the most effective delivery of Evidence-Based Practice
• Sound knowledge of, and demonstrated skills in, risk assessment, mental state assessment, and person-centred care planning
• Capacity to deliver acute mental health nursing care from a Strengths-Based, Recovery-Focused framework

Our Commitment to You: 

Here at The RMH we strive for excellence with a strong purpose that defines the work we do for our community – Advancing health for everyone, every day. This is the Melbourne Way.   

We believe our success comes from our people. We’re committed to the RMH being a great place to work and a great place to receive care. We have made a long-term commitment to strengthen our organisational culture through leadership, education and empowering our staff to Speak Up for themselves and each other.

This is a role where your passion and expertise can come together to create a truly defining career opportunity. It is a unique opportunity to help us transform the future of the RMH and ultimately ensure we continue to deliver world class healthcare. 

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.