Associate Nurse Manager - Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health - Clayton

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About Us

Monash Children’s Hospital continues our tradition of providing outstanding patient and family centred care in a purpose-built paediatric facility, delivering clinical services in a child and family-friendly environment. The Stepping Stones Adolescent Inpatient Unit is a 15 inpatient beds and 5 transition (day) beds Ward. It is a state-of-the-art, purpose-built facility housed in the new Monash Children’s Hospital. The Unit offers Mental Health interventions to adolescents (aged 12 to 18) who present with acute and severe mental health problems, associated high risk factors and have difficulty maintaining their own safety and the safety of others.

This Associate Nurse Manager position is a Full-Time Ongoing opportunity.

A Day in the Life

The Associate Nurse Manager position is a clinical leadership role responsible for assisting the Nurse Manager with the day-to-day operations, clinical outcomes and management of unit/department staff. As a clinical role it will draw on your knowledge in mental health legislation and policy. Demonstrating your expertise in mental Health and clinical skills, you will undertake a clinical caseload including duty, mental state and risk assessment and crisis management. Client contact may occur at the clinic, via teleconference or at their own accommodation as required. Utilising a variety of recovery focused interventions, you will develop, implement and evaluate treatment plans based on your assessment of needs.

The position require an individual with skills which will enable them to liaise closely with a number of Inpatient and community agencies and clinical and clinical teams and external agencies like Victoria Police, Ambulance services or Primary Care services to ensure best practice care is provided. This will ensure a comprehensive assessment, collaborative treatment design and appropriate referral of consumers presenting to the team. 

About You

You are an experienced Mental Health Clinician with previous experience within a youth  / adolescent mental health setting. You also have previous experience within adolescent mental health nursing, and familiarity with milieu therapy. You also have excellent communication skills and are able to work well with young people, related services and their families within the multidisciplinary team setting.

You will also work collaboratively with the various components of the ELMHS service, and provide leadership to the unit on a shift by shift basis, and add to the leadership group of Stepping Stones. The role provides the enviable opportunity to develop your capabilities of working within a diverse Early in Life Mental Health Setting; and extending your knowledge and skills at liaising with external agencies.

You Are Also:

• Well respected & highly regarded by peers & colleagues
• Have exceptional communication & superior time management skills
• Have a genuine passion in mental health & nursing management
• An advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles

What you need:

• Registered Nurse Division 1 with Current registration with AHPRA
• Post Graduate Mental Health Nursing Qualifications, or relevant mental health nursing endorsement.
• Extensive experience within a mental health setting, ideally within an adolescent/ youth mental health setting

In Return:

• Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
• Avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
• Mentorship & career guidance
• Support to attend relevant forums & conferences
• A supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Chantal Vice on 0414 587 689

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. 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 accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 3 November 2025