Consultation Liaison Mental Health Nurse 

Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Hospital are looking for a Consultation Liaison Mental Health Nurse to join our Warragul Community Mental Health team on a full time, ongoing basis.

Reporting to the Team Manager, the ConsultationLiaison Mental Health Nurse plays an important role in providing expert psychiatric nursing consultation to general hospital staff of West Gippsland Hospital.

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:

• Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary framework
• High level of clinical knowledge, skills and experience
• Capacity to work independentlyin completion of assessments and holistic care planning for patients with mental health problems
• Sound knowledge of the Victorian MHA 2014 and a developing understanding of the new MH & Wellbeing ACT 2022
• Capacity to contribute and deliver education, training and professional leadership across LRH and with our partnership services in West Gippsland

For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact John Witschi on (03) 5624 3600 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 $217 million expansion nearing completion, 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 8653.

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.