Registered Mental Health Nurse Grade 3

• Free On-site Parking
• Salary $99,439(RPN3-1) to $110,432(RPN3-4) +11% Super +Benefits
• Salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• A culture where people care 
• International Support of Permanent (186) or Temporary (482) Visa's for eligible applicants! 

A career in the forensic Mental Health sector is diverse, challenging and rewarding. A career at Forensicare will be like no other. If you're passionate about supporting people in their Mental Health recovery, Forensicare is where you need to be. You will be a part of a caring and supportive team, making a real difference to people living with the dual stigma of mental illness and offending. We approach our work with curiosity and a commitment to understanding the unique needs of our consumers and carers. Working across community, hospital and prison settings, you can learn, apply your specialist skills and advance in your profession. Together, we can contribute to a more connected, compassionate Mental Health and criminal justice system.

Forensicare provides specialist forensic Mental Health services across 12 of Victoria's 14 prisons with expansion underway to include Western Plains in the Barwon region. Located at Port Phillip Prison in Truganina, VIC. St Paul's Unit is a 30-bed psychosocial rehabilitation service that provides specialist, voluntary Mental Health care, treatment and therapeutic programs to prisoners with a Mental Health diagnosis. Participants selected for the program require psychosocial rehabilitation to minimise risk of relapse and enhance their social functioning in preparation for returning to general prison environment or release to community.

About the Role:

The Mental Health Nurse (RPN3) delivers care within a custodial setting, practicing within a recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care. This position requires the Mental Health Nurse to demonstrate leadership skills and undertake ‘At Risk’ duties as allocated.  In this regard, the Mental Health Nurse recognises the needs of the individual within the boundaries set by the profession, Forensicare and correctional services.

Duties:

• Provision of crisis intervention assessment to prisoners throughout the facility as appropriate.
• Formulation and documentation of patient centred care plans.
• Completion of initial and ongoing risk assessment of patients and liaison with the interdisciplinary team to provide a safe environment.
• Administration of medication to patients and monitoring of the effect on patients.
• Work within an ethically and legally sound framework.
• Delivery of high quality care coordination, ‘At Risk’ assessments and provision of individual and group programs.
• Provide comprehensive recovery-orientated assessment and treatment to patients in a custodial setting.
• Formulation and documentation of patient centred Mental Health Recovery Plans for allocated case managed patients.
• Completion of initial and ongoing risk assessment of patients and liaison with the multidisciplinary team, and custodial staff as required, to provide a safe environment.
• Consult and collaborate with the inter-disciplinary team – including G4S, St Vincent’s Correctional Health Service, programs staff, patients, carers and other relevant agencies for the development of risk assessments, care planning and delivery.
• Maintain comprehensive, patient focused, clinical documentation.
• Participate in the provision of programs to patients.
• Develop and maintain a portfolio assisting in the ongoing development of staff and the team.
• Provide crisis intervention assessments and risk management plans to prisoners throughout the facility as appropriate, incorporating responsiveness to the individuals’ particular strengths, needs, goals and values. 
• Build and maintain effective relationships between the unit/team and patient’s significant others, support people and support networks to enhance the patient’s recovery journey.

About You:

• Holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent and possess current registration with AHPRA.
• A minimum 3 years Mental Health nursing experience.
• Demonstrated commitment to Mental Health consumer recovery. 
• An awareness of the organisational structure and policies and procedures. 
• Demonstrated thorough working knowledge of current Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) standards of practice and contemporary Mental Health nursing practices
• Knowledge of the relevant legislation.
• Demonstrated ability to independently undertake comprehensive health assessments of patients. 
• Demonstrated ability to plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions, counselling and therapeutic programs. 
• Well developed written and verbal communication skills.
• An ability to practise in a complex and diverse environment. 
• An ability to participate in ongoing staff education at unit or program management level.

What you need:

• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent.
• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA).
• The successful candidate will be required to register their qualifications on eCredential

A culture where people matter.

• Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of all our team members.
• Well defined career pathways existing across our Directorates with multi-disciplined Teams.
• Salary Packaging Options available – Mortgage, Rent, Car, Expenses
• International Candidates – Sponsorship availability, Permanent (186) or Temporary (482) to approved applicants.
• A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
• Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
• Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
• A Mental Health and wellbeing program providing psychological, peer support and critical incidence response programs.

For more information on Careers at Forensicare, visit https://www.forensicare.vic.gov.au/careers

*Please Note - Applications will be reviewed and Interviewed as they are received.

Eligibility

• COVID19 (x3), Influenza and Immunisation requirements specific to position Infection Control requirements
• This position is subject to a satisfactory Police Check
• We are able to Sponsor eligible International candidates for 186 Permanent or 482 Temporary Visa 

Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of curiosity, purpose, strong ethics, compassion and fairness; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.

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