Registered Psychiatric Nurse

• Career progression and development opportunities 
• Full Time (80 hours per fortnight + ADO) or Part Time  
• Join an award winning team

The Mid West Area Mental Health Service (MWAMHS) is situated in a growth corridor where continuous development, service expansion and innovative new programs are on the rise. Working within our catchment area allows for challenging and rewarding careers, where teamwork, flexibility and achievement are apparent in everything we do.

Your new role:

• 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

About you:

• 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

Benefit of working with NorthWestern Mental Health

• Committed to supporting staff wellbeing in a dynamic, busy environment and promote work/life balance
• Flexible self-rostering, reflective practice, support of comprehensive professional development and opportunities for advancement through Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist classification
• Supportive transition to shift leadership RPN3
• Highly value creative staff, and provide support for staff to be involved in areas of interest

The RMH/NWMH 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?

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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are highly encouraged to apply”

“Experience in working with ACCHO and Aboriginal Communities and Families”