Associate Nurse Manager - Adolescent Inpatient Mental Health - Clayton
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168
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About Infant Child Youth Area Mental Health Service (ICYAMHS)
ICYAMHS provides a range of mental health services to infants, children, adolescents, youth and their families within the Southern Region.
The organisational and clinical model has been developed to provide mental health care that is flexible and responsive to the individual and developmental needs of the infant to youth populations and their families. As such, this model will support the provision of integrated mental health care for young people, guided by consistent, service-wide protocols and principles of care.
About Stepping Stones Adolescent Inpatient Unit
This position is for an Associate Nurse Manager working at the Stepping Stones Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Monash Children’s Hospital Clayton. The Stepping Stones Inpatient Unit is purpose built 15-bed unit catering for adolescents aged 12 to 18. T
About the Role
he Associate Nurse Manager provides specialist nursing care, focused on supporting and working towards the optimal development of adolescents as well as the coordination and delivery of mental health care to children and their families.
About You
You are an experienced Mental Health Clinician with expertise in youth and adolescent mental health, including adolescent mental health nursing and milieu therapy. You have strong communication skills and work effectively with young people, families, and multidisciplinary teams.
You will collaborate across the Infant Child and Youth Area Mental Health & Wellbeing Service, provide shift-by-shift leadership within the unit, and contribute to the leadership team at Stepping Stones.
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 with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia via the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra)
· Required a undergraduate nursing degree which led to sole registration as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse or holds a Bachelor of Mental Health Nursing
OR
· Required a Bachelor of Nursing and has completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing
· Demonstration of completion of appropriate competencies, skills and training
· Consolidation of knowledge and experience gained from RN role with a minimum of at least 2 years of relevant work experience
For a confidential discussion and to explore this opportunity further, please reach out to Mallory Leal, Nurse Manager on 0414587689
Position Description can be found here
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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.
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