Address
Form of workReference Number
75009
Position Title
Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Practitioner Candidate
Location
Orygen Youth Health - Parkville
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Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Practitioner Candidate - Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service
- Full-time, fixed term role including monthly ADOs
- Based across Youth Justice Custodial Precincts (travel covered in working hours)
- Opportunities in training, research and service development
Your new team:
Forming part of the Orygen Specialist Program (OSP), a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS) team provides specialist youth mental health care in custodial settings (Parkville and Cherry Creek sites) to young people and their families/carers.
Your new role:
The Nurse Practitioner / Nurse Practitioner Candidate* is a key leadership position within Custodial FYMHS and broader OSP. The role will suit a candidate with experience in Mental Health and/or AOD service delivery, especially amongst the younger population, or someone looking to build upon their existing clinical experience. In this role you will:
- Develop and implement the model of care to reduce the current service gaps
- Develop the integration of research, education, clinical practice, leadership and supervision across the service and wider OSP
- Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to provide training, and primary and secondary consultation of young people with complex physical health needs
- Provision of training and secondary consultation to develop capabilities of YJP, primary health and FYMHS staff working with young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds
About you:
- Qualified and endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner with The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA).
- Knowledge and demonstrated skills in the principles and practice of working with mental health patients with addiction/AOD issues
- Experience developing and delivering training programs that upskill health workers
- Experience in reviewing and developing policies, evaluating risk and quality improvement, clinical research, and knowledge translation
*We are open to considering applications from Nurse Practitioner Candidates.
Please note that NP Candidates will be required to confirm they are currently enrolled in an accredited Master's program to achieve endorsement as a Nurse Practitioner with the NMBA. A NP Candidate will initially be employed as a Senior Clinician (RPN4) until they have sumbitted a model of care. For more info about this or anything else, please contact us for confidential conversation via the details below.
Benefits of working with us:
- You will enjoy excellent work-life balance. We want you to stay long term!
- Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Salary packaging, monthly ADOs (full-time employees), onsite car parking and close to public transport.
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program - run by our dedicated employees
Interested?
If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us via the details below.
Please note: recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.
Contact Person
Ingrid Cranston
Contact Number
0417822***
Alternate Contact Person
Ian Denney
Alternate Contact Number
0478170***
Closing Date
09/04/2024
Position Description
Nurse PractitionerNurse Practitioner Candidate - .pdf
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