Mental Health Nurse
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Healthcare · Melbourne, VIC, Australia · Full-Time · $90,000 - $120,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
An established private mental health hospital in Melbourne is signing up Registered Nurses who already know mental health care, to fill ongoing full-time roles. The work is on an inpatient unit with people who are acutely unwell and complex, inside a team that spans disciplines.
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Key Responsibilities
- Assess each patient's mental health fully
- Deliver individualised care through nursing
- Assist patients dealing with bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and other conditions
- Run risk assessments
- Undertake mental state examinations and carry out ongoing patient monitoring
- Handle medications
- Check how patients are responding to treatment
- Help patients through crises with intervention
- Guide recovery planning
- Engage patients therapeutically
- Cooperate with nursing colleagues, allied health staff, psychologists and psychiatrists
- Keep accurate clinical documentation and play a part in discharge planning
Requirements & Eligibility
- A qualified Registered Nurse with a background in inpatient mental health or psychiatric nursing
- Registration with AHPRA, or eligibility to obtain Australian nursing registration
- Strong clinical assessment and risk management skills
- Strong communication ability
- Time spent working in acute mental health, adult psychiatry or specialist inpatient services
- Commitment to recovery-focused, trauma-informed and person-centred care
- Seeking employer sponsorship through the Subclass 482 visa
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