• Are you a Registered Psychiatric Nurse with an interest in improving physical health outcomes for mental health consumers who are prescribed clozapine?
• Join Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services
• RPN4, 0.6 EFT, based at the Waratah Clinic, Moonee Ponds

About Inner West Area Mental Health Services (IWAMHS)

IWAMHS has a unique opportunity for a registered psychiatric nurse with advanced skills in mental health and an interest in supporting consumers prescribed clozapine. We are seeking dynamic, team oriented clinicians with an interest in supporting consumers with complex needs, service development and improving physical health outcomes for mental health consumers. IWAMHS has a strong team culture and values the development of its workforce. Based in Moonee Ponds, this role is an opportunity to take on a leadership role, supporting other clinicians and contributing to the growth of mental health services in our community.

Your new role:

• Ensure effective and safe service provision for consumers prescribed clozapine in line with clozapine protocols.
• Support treating teams, GP’s and other stakeholders to work effectively with consumers prescribed clozapine.
• Be a leader in a team that works to improve physical health outcomes for consumers prescribed clozapine.
• Develop thoughtful, evidence based recovery plans with consumers and their supports.
• Demonstrate leadership to drive high standards of interventions and maintain a positive culture in the team.
• Actively engage in discipline specific and multidisciplinary team activities and meetings.

About you:

• Have a qualification as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse, with minimum of 5 years’ experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability
• Committed to developing your practice as a professional in clinical mental health
• Confident in the provision of support and treatment for consumers experiencing mental ill health and prevalent physical health issues, and their families.
• Have an interest in supporting consumers prescribed clozapine, their supports such as family, GP’s, support workers, NDIS team

Benefit of working with The Royal Melbourne Hospital:

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. 

• You have access to professional development and career progression in a large, dynamic organisation
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging, great location and close to public transport.

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are 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?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

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All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check. RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.