Employment Type: Fixed 12-month Contract Part-Time
Hours: (Monday to Friday / 48 hour fortnight shift)
Salary: RPN 4 Year 1-3 Max $68.07 P/H
Location: Mercy Sites across: Werribee, Burnside, Williams Landing, Hoppers crossing.
Upload with Application: Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications
Contact: Senior Psychiatric Nurse, Brian Jackson, [email protected], 0438836552
Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.
Where there’s care, there’s You.
Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?
For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.
At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.
To do that, we need you.
Join us at Mercy Health and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.
About the opportunity
Join a passionate and supportive Learning and Development team dedicated to developing the next generation of mental health nurses. Working across inpatient, residential and community services, you'll play a key role in shaping a skilled, confident and compassionate workforce while making a meaningful impact on consumer care.
In this role you will:
The role is designed to be hands-on, with the CNE spending as much time as practicable with the Mid Year Intake Graduate Nurses, providing demonstration, supervision and support in the delivery of care, clinical tasks, administrative tasks and other axillary care tasks that a consumer may require during their care inpatient and community settings.
Be part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team, leading evidence-based education, fostering recovery-oriented practice and contributing to the recruitment, development and retention of the future mental health workforce.
What you will bring:
You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
To thrive in this role, you will have:
Excellent clinical, teaching, communication, time management and organisational skills, with the ability to adapt, prioritise and solve problems in a dynamic clinical environment.
A positive, flexible and evidence-based approach to clinical education, supervision and supporting staff to deliver safe, high-quality mental health care.
The ability to build respectful relationships, work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams and foster a positive learning culture that supports growth, confidence and continuous improvement.
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
- Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Post Graduate Diploma or Masters of Mental Health
- A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check
- Proof of current Influenza Vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders
- Certificate 4 in Training and assessment desirable
- Previous experience across inpatient and community mental health
Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?
Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.
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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.
We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.
Skills Required
- Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Post Graduate Diploma or Master of Mental Health
- Current Police Record Check
- Working with Children Check
- Current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
- Previous experience across inpatient and community mental health
- Excellent clinical, teaching, communication, time management, and organisational skills
- Ability to adapt, prioritise, and solve problems in a dynamic clinical environment
- Ability to build respectful relationships and work collaboratively across multidisciplinary teams
What We Do
Mercy Health is an Australian for-purpose healthcare and community-services organisation founded by the Sisters of Mercy. It provides acute and subacute hospital care, residential and home aged care, seniors living, mental health and palliative care, specialist women’s and newborn health, early parenting programs, and workforce training. The organisation operates across Australia and employs more than 10,000 people, with a mission centered on compassionate, person-centred care.
