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Form of work- Experience life as a civilian Mental Health RN in a secure military base
- Rare opportunity to look after the Mental Health needs of Australian Defence Force Personnel
- Location Robertson Health Centre, Holtze, NT
About Us
ADF Health Services provides integrated healthcare services to Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel across Australia. As part of this contract, Serco, in partnership with Bupa, provide defence-ready clinical and support staff across 50+ on-base locations nationally, ensuring that ADF personnel have access to quality on-site medical care. To learn more please visit www.serco.com/ahsc
About the Role
As the Mental HealthRegistered Nurse, you will be an integral member of an experienced, multi-disciplinary healthcare team, providing a range of high-quality evidence-based Mental Health services to patients. You will manage intake assessments, risk assessments, crisis intervention, case formulation, and medication management. Additionally, your management of crisis presentations, risk assessment and risk management planning will be supported within a multi-disciplinary team and by the Senior Mental Health team for your region. All availability is considered for this position!
As the ideal applicant you will have:
- The highest levels of personal integrity and ethical behaviour
- Current, unconditional, and unrestricted registration as a Registered Nurse in Australia with AHPRA
- Extensive Post Graduate experience in Mental Health within a primary health or specialist Mental Health setting, undertaking comprehensive Mental Health assessment and delivering a range of evidence based 'Focussed Psychological Strategies' as defined under the Medicare Schedule
- Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (HLTAID009) certification.
- Knowledge of relevant State and Territory policies and procedures and national standards governing Mental Health practice (desirable)
- Knowledge of the ADF Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2018-2023 (desirable)
- Credentialed with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN); OR minimum qualification of Graduate Diploma Mental Health Nursing; OR undergraduate trained Mental Health Nurse (UK); OR trained and registered as a Psychiatric Nurse / Mental Health Nurse
- Recent participation in Continuous Professional Development (CPD) activities in accordance with AHPRA with a minimum of 10 hours directly related to Mental Health; OR recent participation in CPD activities in accordance with ACMHN
About the Robertson Health Centre
Robertson Health Centre is located on Robertson Barracks in Holtze, 15km east of the city of Darwin. The facility has a routine dependency of approximately 2,800 defence staff, with a large reserve component. The Barracks also accommodates an additional 2500 US marines every 6 months from May to September. The Health Centre provides primary medical, pharmaceutical, dental, physiotherapy, and Mental Health services, and operates a 22-bed 24/7 ward.
About You
You are a dedicated nurse who is committed to providing the highest quality healthcare and is particularly passionate about Mental Health. With an ability to put patients at ease, your warmth and care is one of your greatest attributes and you understand the importance of this in making a difference to those in need of Mental Health services. You are a respectful and professional person who demonstrates exceptional moral values in everything you do. You are passionate about providing health services and working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support delivery of the highest standard of care to patients.
Rewards & Benefits
- Be part of an amazing culture, based on the values of trust, care, innovation and pride
- Gain access to Global Employee Networks that embrace diversity and inclusion
- ‘Start with a job and stay for a career’ with extensive employment and growth opportunities across Serco’s many contracts
- Meaningful work supporting defence personnel
- Generous sign-on bonus
- Referral Programs
- Paid annual and personal leave
- Paid CPD leave for permanent employees
- Paid volunteer leave and leave for reservists
- Provision of uniform
- Variety of lifestyle discounts through the Serco Benefits program including discounts with Apple, Qantas, Hoyts Cinemas and more!
- Plus, ongoing 24/7 immediate Mental Health and counselling support via our Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
- Join a dedicated team of collaborative and supportive health professionals
Referrals
Refer a friend or colleague and be rewarded!
Refer a Healthcare Professional to join Serco’s Australian Defence Force Health Services Team and receive a $500 Prezzee Voucher if they are successful!
Please email their details to AHSCCareers@serco-ap.com and we’ll take care of the rest.
Join Us
If you are inspired to make a positive difference and would like to be considered for this opportunity, submit your application by clicking the 'Apply Now' button.
Please note your resume must include start and finish dates for each role, along with employment type (e.g. casual, part-time, full-time) and hours worked per week.
If you prefer, we have attached a CV template to this advertisement for your convenience, you can use this template to submit details of your qualifications and work experience.
You must also be an Australian Citizen in order to obtain the required Baseline Security Clearance for this role.
For a confidential chat, please contact Polly Buerano on 08 8432 2544 or Polly.Buerano@serco-ap.com
If you would like to learn more about these and other opportunities available, please visit www.serco.com/aspac/careers to find out more.
Serco and Proud
At Serco, not only is the nature of the work we do important, but everyone also has an important role to play from caring for vulnerable people to managing complex public services. We are a team of 60,000+ globally and 16,000+ in Asia Pacific responsible for delivering essential public services in areas including defence, justice, immigration, healthcare, facilities management and citizen services.
Serco requires employees in this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to ensure the safety and wellbeing of our people. Please consider this requirement when submitting your application.
Serco’s values of Trust, Care, Innovation and Pride underpin everything we do. We are curious, creative and collaborative. Our people matter and make a difference every day.
We seek and celebrate diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and cultures including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGTBQI+, veterans and people with disability. By joining Serco you will have access to Employee Networks led by colleagues who are passionate about diversity, inclusion and belonging.
