About Monash Health

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service. We are proud to provide healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire life-span from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers. More than 22,000 employees work at over 40 care locations across south eastern Melbourne, including Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Moorabbin Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cranbourne Centre, and an extensive network of rehabilitation, aged care, community health and mental health facilities. For more information please visit www.monashhealth.org.

About the Role

The Mental Health Program is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Mental Health professional to take on the permanent part time role of Clinical Nurse Consultant for 4x days per week. This relatively new position, provides an exciting opportunity for a qualified Registered Psychiatric Nurse to become a Clinical Nurse Consultant, who will be employed within the Mental Health Program, situated on Dandenong Hospital on Unit 2. The successful applicant will work in collaboration with the Nurse Managers and Nurse Educator, to contribute towards further developing and enhancing our specialist nursing workforce by providing clinical support, mentoring and coaching, to build skills and advance clinical practice, specialised in youth mental health nursing. The incumbent will be required to  implement the  Mental Health Intensive Care Framework, drive and sustain Safewards, in addition, identify and development of priority issues to address contemporary mental health nursing practice on the wards to be able to best support vulnerable consumers presenting with complex care needs.

If you have clinical leadership expertise in acute Youth mental health nursing, are truly passionate about best practice standards and excellence in quality patient standards of care, have excellent interpersonal abilities, enjoy leading quality initiatives, can time manage, multi task and be well organised, able to work independently, and have digital capabilities, this maybe the role for you.

You Are Also:

• have skills  to clinical coaching and perform in a leadership role
• dedicated to safe, best practice & quality mental health nursing care
• committed to delivering excellence in patient centred care &  patient advocacy
• enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively and enjoy leading teams
• excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence

What You Need:

• Post Graduate diploma in Mental Health Nursing or a Bachelor in Mental Health Nursing
• Demonstrated experience in Youth Mental Health
• Current AHPRA registration
• Include any other mandatory/required skills or licenses
• Australian working rights

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call 97927518

Monash Health is a great place to work

In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career.Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

• salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
• a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
• free vaccinations
• private health insurance at discounted rates
• health imaging services
• + more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne’s population, across the entire lifespan from newborn and children, to adults, the elderly, their families and carers.  More than 22,000 of us work at over 40 care locations across south-eastern Melbourne.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).

For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents

Please note, applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.