Registered Nurse - Agnes

Registered Nurse. 

• • Salary ranging from an hourly rate of $41.96 - $46.86 + salary packaging
  • Working a roster including all shifts, weekends and public holidays
  • We offer a friendly and supportive team, collaborative and innovative working environment, training and education, Staff Wellbeing Clinic and career progression opportunities

Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for Registered Nurses/ Registered Midwives/ Registered Psychiatric Nurses who have a passsion for perinatal infant mental health to join our Agnes Unit on a part time or full time basis.

The Agnes Unit is a residential Parent and Infant Unit, established to provide specialist emotional and psychological support to families experiencing postnatal difficulties following the arrival of a new baby, up to twelve months of age.  The unit accommodates up to 5 families providing 24/7 therapeutic and clinical support to new parents and their infants. 

This role is responsible for working with new parents and infants, working with clients who have perinatal depression and/or anxiety, a history of trauma, relationship concerns, bonding issues and adjustment disorders and working with infants that may be experiencing sleeping and settling and/or feeding difficulties.

LRH employees enjoy access to:

• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
• Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
• Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
• Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
• Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff

We are looking for candidates with:

• • Registered Division 1 Nurse holding current registration with AHPRA, or, Division 3 Registered Psychiatric Nursing holding registration
  • Desirable to have a Post graduate qualification in mental health, or working towards
  • Experience working with clients who have perinatal depression and/or anxiety, a history of trauma, relationship concerns, bonding issues and adjustment disorders, highly desirable
  • Have experience working with infants that may be experiencing sleeping and settling and/or feeding difficulties, highly desirable
  • Experience working with new parents and infants  However, consideration will be given to nurses who possess the required personal attributes, as the unit supports training and development
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team

For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact Emma Vivian on ( 03 ) 51738573 or *******@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

About LRH

LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award.  This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.

We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $223.5 million expansion recently completed, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Explore all the great things happening at LRH – www.lrh.com.au and take the next step on your career journey by submitting your application for this and other roles here - https://lrh.mercury.com.au

Diversity and Inclusion

We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.  LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8***.

IMPORTANT:  All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.