- Full Time, 80 hours per fortnight
- Part Time opportunities also available
- Opportunity to join an award winning team
Life With Us:
The Sunshine Adult Acute Inpatient team are committed to supporting staff wellbeing in a dynamic, busy environment and promote work/life balance with: flexible self-rostering, reflective practice, support of comprehensive professional development and opportunities for advancement through Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist classification, and supportive transition to shift leadership RPN3. We highly value creative staff, and provide support for staff to be involved in areas of interest.
A Job To Be Proud Of:
- Engage with consumers to provide individualised therapeutic interventions and information, to support consumer’s awareness of options about care and recovery
- Provide assessment and planning to meet the needs of consumers and their family/carers
- Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to share of knowledge of individual’s needs and challenges, to support a team approach to care and planning
- Promote and contribute to the activity and participation program by co-facilitating activities with consumers which support their recovery
Your Contribution:
- A Bachelor Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing or equivalent, or a Bachelor Degree in Nursing or equivalent plus an approved postgraduate qualification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
- Registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
- Proven clinical ability with knowledge of professional supervision and practice based research
- Demonstrated capacity and initiative to work with limited direction
- Ability to problem solve, negotiate and communicate with staff and other service providers
- Ability to provide high quality education in Psychiatric Nursing to student nurses
Our Commitment To You:
- NWMH boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development
- We are a values based organisation. A career with us is a rewarding experience, offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement
- Attractive salary and working conditions including annual and CPD leave, salary packaging
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; staff health service, peer support program and EAP
- Reward & Recognition Programs
Connect With Us:
Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.
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