• Excellent career opportunity & leadership role for an experienced Mental Health Nurse looking for the next step in their career
• Challenging but rewarding role within Aged Mental Health
• Maternity Leave replacement – until July 2019

About Monash Health

Monash Health is an impressive organisation of seven public hospitals, 21 community health sites, five aged care facilities, university affiliated international research and tertiary education. We provide healthcare for the entire lifespan from pre-birth to palliative care and all stages in between that supports the delivery of clinical care.

About Us

Biala is a 20 bed Acute Inpatient Unit that provides Assessment and treatment to people over the age of 65 with psychiatric illness and/or significant behavioural problems associated with dementia. Biala services the City of Kingston, Middle South Area.

Our staff use specialist skills and programs that are tailored to address individuals’ psychiatric, psychological, medical and spiritual needs and to ensure the best possible outcome.

We are a standalone site for ECT therapy which is conducted on site along with Research work undertaken in conjunction with Monash University.

We currently have an outstanding career opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to work in an Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) role, to coordinate the multidisciplinary team to conduct ECT treatments across 3 days per week.

The ECT Coordinator is a role that will allow you to influence and lead the day to day running of the suite, ensuring the highest of standards are achieved in all aspects of care.

This important position works closely with the inpatient and community based services of the Aged Persons Mental Health Program, also Monash Health anaesthetics, and psychiatrists. The scope for your innovation, and providing advice and coaching is immense.

About you

As an experienced Mental Health Nurse looking to take the next step in your career, you have demonstrated skills in conducting ECT treatments and coordination of team. You have people leadership skills, able to manage day to day operations, staffing and client care within Mental Health in either an Aged, Mental Health or Hospital team based setting.

This is an excellent career path for a suitably qualified professional with advanced clinical skills who is committed to leading by example. You will have access to resources to support you in this position, enabling you to further advance your leadership and management skills whilst representing role model nursing excellence and delivering an exceptional client care.

You are a confident lateral thinker who can adapt to any given situation in a calm, considered and resolution driven approach. With your caring and engaging manner you will acknowledge that this is a different kind of nursing role and your speciality training will see you make a difference to patients’ lives. Your proven people and communication skills will see you excel. Your high standard of detail will see you be successful in this challenging but rewarding role.

What’s in it for you?

• Avenues to further develop your Leadership and Project Management skills
• Mentorship and Career guidance
• Support to attend Conferences and Courses 

In addition, as an employee of the largest public health organisation in Victoria, you will receive benefits such as Salary Packaging, access to onsite staff car parking and gym, uniform and Employee Assistance Program.

What you need

1. Current AHPRA registration
2. Proven clinical experience – substantial experience within Mental Health
3. Post Graduate Qualifications in Mental Health
4. Aged Mental Health experience an advantage but not mandatory

Previous experience within ECT TreatmentMonash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. Please note that Monash Health accepts applications via our online Mercury system. Email applications will not be considered.

Any offer of employment will be confirmed on the successful outcome of a Police Check.

Previous applicants need not apply for this readvertised role.