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SalaryReference Number 35212
Position Title Enrolled Nurse (Endorsed) - Aged Person Community Mental Health Team
Employment Status Limited Term Full Time
Location Peninsula Community Mental Health Service
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- Ideal opportunity to develop your career
- Salary Packaging Benefits
- Frankston, Mornington Peninsula & surrounding locations
Who We Are and What We Stand For
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.
What You Will Be Doing
The Aged Persons Community Mental Health Program is a specialist multi-disciplinary and integrated service that provides care coordination through an assertive outreach model for older persons experiencing severe and persistent mental health disorders. The team provides a broad range of treatment, case management, and acute care interventions and support for those clients living in the Peninsula Health Mental Health Service catchment
An exciting opportunity now exists for an Enrolled Nurse (medication endorsed) with relevant mental health qualification, and or experience to join our Acute Aged Persons Community Mental Health Community Program in a Temporary Full Time position for 2 months at a Grade 3 EEN level. They will work closely with the clinicians within the team and other care agencies, general medical practitioners and residential aged care facilities.
The successful applicant will be working business hours 8.30am - 5.00pm across Monday to Friday. The successful applicant will receive excellent training, supervision and support in your clinical practice within a dynamic team environment and have access to salary packaging benefits.
What You Need
The successful applicant will be a Registered Enrolled Nurse - Endorsed with advanced interpersonal skills and preferably have a broad range of experience in mental health and in particular Aged Persons mental health. They should possess skills in assessment, treatment, consultation, risk assessment and recovery; and advantageous would be to have a thorough understanding of the mental health system, as well as other community resources available.
See Position Description for further details.
What Next
Apply NOW!
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Additional Requirements
Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity and promotes a workplace that welcomes and includes the unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from individuals who identify as being Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, are culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+ or who have a disability to apply. We are also strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
We encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments or additional support you may require during the recruitment process.
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*Please refer to salary circular Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement 2020-2024 for salary range. Sub-grading will be based on years of experience.
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
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Selection Criteria
Contact Person Marina Nasso
Contact Number 59769500
