Community Psychiatric Nurse

Part Time Fixed Term until 30/06/2017, 32 hours per fortnight

Led by CoHealth, Homeless Outreach Mental Health & Housing Service (HOMHS) is a consortium of health services with Inner West AMHS mental health clinicians, CoHealth staff, a Homeground housing officer and a McAuley Community Services for Women worker to provide expertise in mental health to adults with severe and enduring mental health issues and recurrent homelessness. This team will operate as an assertive outreach team using a Collaborative Recovery Model to deliver care coordination and case management to eligible consumers. The initiative aims to reduce homelessness and its devastating health, social and economic impact on people with severe and enduring mental illness.

The HOMHS team will be based at Central City Community Health Service and is funded through 2017.

We are looking for:

EXPERIENCE - A Community Psychiatric Nurse with at least 2 years experience in the assessment, delivery of treatment and provision of targeted interventions and support to consumers with complex mental health related needs and their families/carers

COMMUNICATION - Well developed skills in writing and an ability to promptly prepare documentation and the ability to communicate effectively with consumers, families/carers, colleagues and other service providers

ADAPTABILITY – Know when to change priorities to meet the needs of the consumer or team, adjust quickly to new tasks, be flexible and remain positive in a changing environment

INITIATIVE – Be proactive, look for opportunities for self-development and improving service delivery. Ability to problem-solve without being asked

COLLABORATION - Demonstrate behaviours that support a recovery approach to care. Promote a friendly, respectful and supportive environment within the Community Team and across the AMHS

ACCOUNTABILITY – Good organisational and time management skills

INTEGRITY - Demonstrate behaviours reflective of Melbourne Health’s values

Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency

• RPNs - Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).

Why Melbourne Health?
Melbourne Health is a values based organisation. A career with us is a rewarding experience, offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement. We also offer:
• Salary Packaging
• Reward & Recognition Programs
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; staff gym, staff health service, peer support program and EAP
• Discounted Staff Parking

Successful applicants must provide either a certified copy of a current Working with Children Check Card or evidence of having made an application for a WWC Check Card upon commencement.

At Melbourne Health we are committed to Aboriginal employment and encourage all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Karreeta (grow) Yirramboi (tomorrow).We value a diverse workforce and encourage applications from all culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

NorthWestern Mental Health (NWMH) provides a comprehensive, integrated range of services to people with a serious mental illness in North-Western Melbourne. A multi-disciplinary workforce of 1,800 staff provides services through four Area Adult Mental Health Services (North West, Mid West, Inner West and Northern), an Aged Persons’ Mental Health Program and a Youth Mental Health Service – ORYGEN Youth Health. NWMH is a clinical service of Melbourne Health and operates in partnership with Northern Health and Western Health.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory police records check. Successful applicants will also be required to provide a record of Immune Status to vaccine preventable diseases or evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.