Enrolled Nurse-Mental Health

The Melbourne Clinic

Enrolled Nurse -Casual

· Great location

· Dynamic and diverse workforce

· Exciting opportunities within mental health

· 12 months mental health experience required

Are you an Enrolled Nurse with excellent interpersonal and customer service skills, and a passion for delivering high quality patient care?

The Melbourne Clinic, situated in Richmond, Victoria is Australia's largest private mental health service, providing a variety of recovery focussed inpatient and outpatient programs that are tailored to meet the needs of people with a range of mental health conditions.

Programs include The Living Well Program (general inpatients), the Professorial Mood Disorders Unit (associated with The University of Melbourne), Older Persons' Psychiatry, Eating Disorders Unit, Drug and Alcohol Detoxification and Rehabilitation, Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit and Emotion Management, OCD, Eye Movement Desensitization Programs. A Community Outreach Program and a wide range of Day Programs are also available to support people in their recovery.

The Melbourne Clinic is an inclusive and diverse workplace welcoming of all patient's staff and visitors, regardless of ethnicity, religion, age, gender identity or sexuality. We are committed to providing our staff with a structured induction and orientation, and opportunities for ongoing training and professional development. We value individuality and embrace people with differing experiences, knowledge and skills with the intention of building a thriving, professional working environment that is both nurturing and a safe.

Since 2017, The Melbourne Clinic has proudly maintained Rainbow Tick Accreditation, a world first quality framework to help health and human services organisations become safe and inclusive for the LGBTIQ community.

The Melbourne Clinic is looking to employ an Enrolled Nurses for casual positions across a variety of programs including addictive behaviours, eating disorders, aged care and general psychiatry programs.

As a Enrolled Nurse your responsibilities will include:

· Deliver evidence based nursing care

· Liaise with the multi-disciplinary team

· Ensure patient and staff safety

· Deliver education and support to individuals/patients for the management of their health recovery, rehabilitation or end of life needs

Essential Criteria:

· At least 12 months of Mental Health experience

· Current Registration with AHPRA

· Working with Children check

· Commitment to Quality Patient Care

· Compliance with ACQSHC National standards

· Sound clinical decision making and problem solving skills

· Excellent communication and customer service skills

· Works well independently and within a team

· Basic computer skills

If you are successful in the role you will receive a salary based on your years of relevant Enrolled Nursing experience against the current Healthscope Victoria Nurses & Midwives 2021 - 2025, a salary ranging from $33.69 - $38.48 per hour.

Why Healthscope?

When you join Healthscope, you become part of our Community of Care. Our people are at the heart of our organisation - no matter the role, every day our people make a difference to the lives of our patients and their families. As the only national private hospital operator and healthcare provider in Australia, our 42 sites are supported by our central Support Office, enabling them to provide an exceptional experience for the communities we care for.

· Flexibility to work across one or multiple hospitals across our network

· Discounted health insurance

· Continuous professional development, education & support provided to encourage growth

We pride ourselves on working with talented, passionate and caring people to ensure our patients receive the highest quality care and experience during their stay with us.

Come and be the difference in our patient's lives.

Applications close: 13th of February 2023

To Apply: Please click on the 'Apply' button to be taken to our online application form. For any questions, please reach out to Phoebe Sra, Director of Clinical Services - (03) 9429 4*** or **********@healthscope.com.au

More Information: Our commitment to quality and safety for our patients, staff and visitors is our highest priority. Applicants will be required to provide a current National Police check, WWCC (where applicable) and Evidence of right to work in Australia prior to appointment. Staff in patient contact roles will be required to provide proof of immunity to specified infectious diseases as a Category A Healthcare worker.