Team Leader 

• Opportunity for a Grade 4 Registered Mental Health Nurse


• Nurses looking to make an impact and further a career in  acute mental health


• Full Time Fixed Term until December 2023

John Cade Adult Acute Psychiatry Unit, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides specialised mental health care to consumers in a dynamic environment that strives to, at all times, maintain a focus on recovery and patient centred care. Our unit has a strong commitment to innovative practice around trauma informed care and reduction in restrictive interventions.

John Cade Unit Adult Acute Psychiatry Unit offers the opportunity to further experience as well as the clinical supervision, further educational and on-going training support and develop their clinical skills for work in an acute mental health in-patient unit.

Your new role:

• Deliver holistic, recovery focussed care to consumers, carers, and families providing evidenced based practise in a trauma informed, least restrictive way.


• Collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team, including clinical handover, advocacy for consumers, attending ward round as a nursing representative, and driving high standards of care.


• Continuously improve and implement innovative practise around MOCA principles and management of the acutely deteriorating patient.


• Commitment to embedding Safewards model of care into everyday practice.


• Carry out other duties as directed in accordance with industrial classification standards

About you:

• Experienced mental health nurses looking for a new challenge


• Nurse who is looking to be part of innovative practises in acute mental health setting


• Nurses who are passionate about leading teams to achieve positive outcomes for consumers


• Motivated to contribute to the quality functioning of a busy acute inpatient ward


• Provide innovative practise that achieve positive outcome for consumer experiencing acute mental health concerns


• Bring with you a commitment to learn from others and seek to continuously improve your practise

Benefit of working with the Royal Melbourne Hospital/NorthWestern Mental Health:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.


• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team


• Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencement.