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Form of work
Salary- Decide your work-life balance by letting us know how much and when YOU want to work.
- Enjoy the extra money with attractive agency pay rates
- Have confidence you’re being offered the best available shifts by working with a long-standing and well-established nursing agency
- Have the opportunity to further your career by training and working in specialised fields
- Extensive training and development opportunities to advance your nursing career
- A strong support base with our friendly and experienced admin staff providing you with assistance
- Great referral bonuses available
- Casual Base hourly pay rate of $42-$60 depending on experience and area of specialty.
Work with many different types of mental illnesses including psychosis, eating disorders, depression, bi-polar and with people experiencing emotional distress.
Duties
- Assess and observe mentally unwell patients
- Assist and encourage patients to participate in activities
- Administer medication and observe its effects
- Assist in mental health programs
- Conduct Mental Health Assessments
- Support patients and their families
- Reassure, listen and empathise with patients
- Combat stigma against mental illness
- Liaise with other healthcare professionals
- Monitor, record and report symptoms or changes in patient’s conditions.
- Maintain accurate patient records.
- Provide Education to families and patients.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for the patient.
- Discharge and Admit Patients.
- Supervise, coordinate and work in consultation with other health care members.
- Minimum 12 months recent clinical experience (minimum 1248 hours worked)
- Experience working with mentally unwell people.
- Work rights in Australia.
- Current AHPRA Registration.
- Current Criminal Record Check (can easily be applied for)
- Current Working with Children Check (can easily be applied for)
- Full immunisation history
- eMR training (needs to be completed through appropriate organizations)
- Great interpersonal communication skills.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- High levels of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion
- Ability to work well independently or in a team.
- Commitment to quality patient care.
- Resilience and stamina.
- A resume to send with your application.
Available Locations
South Eastern Suburbs - Melbourne, Victoria
How to apply
- Select “Apply"
Swingshift Nurses Agency – Who we are
If you would like to learn more about Swingshift Nurses, we encourage you to visit our website, https://swingshift.com.au/.
