Enrolled Nurse Level 1 - Forensic Services

Employment Type: Full Time; Permanent Classification: Enrolled Nurse (26199)Salary: $65,934 - $70,443 (Plus 11.5% Super) Location: Canberra Health Services and RACSSection: Forensic Mental Health ServiceClosing Date: 25 February 2024

What can we offer you: 

About the Role:

Then this is the role for you. Dhulwa Mental Health Unit is a secure mental health facility that provides 24-hour, contemporary, evidence-based clinical mental health care for people who require secure inpatient treatment. The service aims to provide collaborative care involving the person, their careers and other key services.

The Enrolled Nurse will assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team to achieve exceptional health care. You will be provided ongoing clinical education, training and support from our team of educators.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

 To Apply: 

To apply for this position please submit a CV, and a maximum 3-page application addressing Selection Criteria, listed in the position description.

Note: A merit pool may be created from this recruitment and utilised for future positions within 12 months. Candidates may be found successful from written application only.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our communityOur Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.