Title: Clinical Support Nurse

Clinical Support Nurse Grade 3 (Mental Health)

• Permanent Part-Time opportunity available | 64 hours per fortnight | Working within Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit

• Diverse and engaging career development opportunities available for experienced mental health nurses interested in developing their career in education

• Strong passion for supporting the novice nursing workforce to develop their clinical skills to become recovery oriented mental health nurses.

About Eastern Health – Great Care, Everywhere, Every Time

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest metropolitan public health services. We provide a comprehensive range of high quality acute, sub-acute, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and statewide services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age and socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Mental Health Learning & Teaching Directorate available for a motivated and recovery-oriented Registered mental health Nurse who is passionate about excellence in clinical standards and patient orientated nursing care in mental health.

This is an entry level position to education and is supported by the Clinical Nurse Educator within the clinical area. You will be working directly with our graduate nurses in the clinical inpatient setting and providing support to the clinical team to ensure a successful graduate rotation. You will develop objectives with the clinical staff, working closely with the preceptors and being responsive to the clinical staff to address any developmental issues in a timely way to provide a great learning experience for our novice nurses. You will role model best practice behaviors and values through your mentoring and supervision, this will ensure staff are developing and delivering excellent and consistent patient centered care in mental health.

About you

To be successful in this role you will:

• Hold current nursing registration with AHPRA

• Have a post registration qualification relevant to the position (preferably at a master’s level)

• Have excellent knowledge of best practice, recovery-oriented care and trauma informed care in mental health nursing care

• Could work autonomously with excellent organizational, critical thinking, problem solving and prioritization skills

• Be highly accountable and display a supportive and engaging style

• Passion for supporting novice nurses to develop the specialized skillset required to be a mental health nurse

• Have expertise in provision of Clinical Supervision and be in receipt of personal Clinical Supervision.

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

The benefits of working for Eastern Health include:

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities

• Friendly & supportive team

• Flexible working hours

• Salary packaging options

• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Applications will be reviewed as received so apply now!

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory police records check.

Please submit all applications online.

Recruitment agency applications will not be accepted.

Eastern Health Values:

Values in Action: Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day

**Please note applications will be screened upon receipt and advertising may close prior to the closing date.**

Please

For full details refer to the attached Position Description and direct all enquiries to the contact person listed.

Keith Griffin Keith.Griffin@easternhealth.org.au M:0481 461 179

Or

Anita Cappello Anita.Cappello@easternhealth.org.au M:0422 454 556