Registered Psychiatric Nurse - Prevention and Recovery Care - Springvale
Dandenong, VIC, AU, 3175
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About the Role:
Join our team as an RPN (grade 3) in an ongoing full or part-time basis, working rostered AM and PM shifts across a 7-day week. The RPN (grade 3) role is diverse and rewarding. You will be required to use a variety of your mental health nursing skills in this community based sub-acute setting. The RPN (grade 3) role is primarily based at the Springvale site, but the team travel to the hospitals, Clayton. Dandenong and Casey, for intake assessments and work very closely with community and in-patient teams to deliver safe and supportive care as required.
Key aspects of the role include:
- Lead the day to day clinical care for all participants, undertaking detailed mental state examinations.
- Work collaboratively with the on-site clinical team, and partner with Wellways Australia to deliver holistic, recovery orientated mental health care.
- Engage with care planning across a 10-14 day stay.
- Support participants with their medication management.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, family and carers as indicated.
- Partner with Wellways across the admission assessment phase and into discharge planning to ensure all admissions and discharges are safe and timely.
About us:
Monash health has 5 PARCs (Prevention and Recovery Care), with Springvale (SPARC) being our female only sub-acute residential mental health facility that provides care to women who require ongoing support after a hospital stay(step-down) or enhanced care if coming from the community (step-up).PARCs are staffed by a multidisciplinary clinical team (Consultant, registrar, nurses, social work and psychology) in partnership with Wellways Australia and incorporates comprehensive support, assessment and delivery of evidence-based treatment and onward referral for women aged 25 and above who reside in the Monash Health catchment area.
About You:
To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:
- Passion for working in mental health and an interest in women`s mental health.
- Capacity to work both autonomously and as part of an Allied health team.
- Capacity to perform detailed mental state examinations and to liaise with clinical and community based teams
- Sound understanding of recovery orientated mental health frameworks.
Mandatory requirements of the role-qualifications, licences, memberships:
- Required a Post Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing-or completion of a specialist undergraduate psychiatric nursing program or specialist post basic course of training which led to registration as a Division 3 nurse.
- Demonstration of appropriate competencies and skills for this role
- Has a minimum of 2 years full time equivalent mental health experience in mental health nursing, following completion acquiring sole qualification as a mental health nurse or completion of post graduate mental health nursing qualification.
- Desirable experience in Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Current Victorian Drivers Licence
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Theresa Meiklem on 0437856005
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.
Applications close: July 22nd 2025