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SalaryReference Number 35190
Position Title Intensive Recovery Team Nurse - Community Mental Health - RPN Grade 3
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Location Peninsula Community Mental Health Service
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- Great team, respectful culture & supportive management
- Skip the traffic & work close to home in Frankston, gateway to the gorgeous Mornington Peninsula
- Excellent salary packaging benefits to increase your take home pay!
- Classification Range: RPN GRADE 3 YEAR 3 /ANUM Year 1 (NP83)*
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 Intensive Recovery team will focus on the provision of intensive therapeutic interventions for adult clients of the community mental health service identified as being at risk of recurring acute episodes and associated hospital admissions without more intensive therapeutic interventions.
As the Community Clinician you will frequently liaise with clients, provide timely and responsive metal health assessment and treatment to those that require intensive, community based mental health assessment, treatment and support. This position is a Permanent Part-time position (32 hours a week) .
What You Need
We anticipate you will have:
- A current registration with AHPRA and has completed Mental Health Nursing qualification such as a post graduate qualification in psychiatric/mental health nursing or a specialist undergraduate psychiatric/mental health nursing program).
- Post graduate qualification in Mental Health or specialist undergraduate Mental Health program.
- Proven ability in the management of clients with a major mental illness and in the techniques of assessment and crisis intervention, and recovery frameworks.
- Extensive experience in the mental health field including acute inpatient services and/or community mental health care.
- An understanding of the Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and the National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards, and the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards including EQuIP.
- A current drivers license.
If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People Experience Team on (03) 9784 2700.
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.
To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit:
*Please refer to salary circular for VICTORIAN PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT 2021-2024 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.
Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.
Selection Criteria Essential: Do you have a current nursing registration with AHPRA and has completed Mental Health Nursing qualification such as a post graduate qualification in psychiatric/mental health nursing or a specialist undergraduate psychiatric/mental health nursing program?
Essential: Do you have proven ability in the management of clients with a major mental illness and in the techniques of assessment and crisis intervention, and recovery frameworks?
Essential: Do you have extensive experience in the mental health field including acute inpatient services and/or community mental health care?
Essential: Do you have an understanding of the Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and the National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards, and the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards including EQuIP?
Essential: Do you have post graduate qualification in Mental Health or specialist undergraduate Mental Health program?
Contact Person Vanessa Mackay
Contact Number 97843059
