Clinician - Registered Psychiatric Nurse

Aged Persons Mental Health Program (APMHP)

• Full Time Fixed Term position - 12 month role
  
• Based at Royal Pack Campus, Parkville
• Join the APMHP BASICS Community Team and play a pivotal role in providing treatment for older people with mental illness
  

Life With Us:

Behaviour and Specialist Intervention Consultation Service (BASICS) provides treatment and support to those who are living with dementia and/or experiencing serious mental illness and associated aging issues, and who are living in an aged care home.

As the BASICS Clinician you will undertake and contribute to the assessment, treatment and discharge planning of the older persons within the service.

Your new role:

• Deliver evidence based treatment and interventions that support consumers with complex mental health related needs and their families/carers.
• Work collaboratively with consumers, carers, aged care facilities and other organisations.
• Demonstrate the capacity for initiative and work appropriately with limited direction
• Contribute to and support a recovery approach to care.
  
  

About you:

• Developed mental health assessment skills.
• A commitment to providing high-level customer service with a consumer focussed approach.
• Proficient knowledge of legislation pertinent to Aged Persons’ Mental Health
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with an ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team

Benefits of working with us:

• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working Monday - Friday
• Salary packaging, onsite car parking, and close to public transport.
• Work with multidisciplinary team in a supportive, collaborative and dynamic work environment

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal ios for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every 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.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All 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