• Full time, casual and part-time positions available
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• Friendly and supportive team environment

About the Company

St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent's Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6,000 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.

About Department

St Vincent's Correctional Health Service (SVCHS) at Port Phillip Prison (PPP) provides primary health and mental health and secondary medical health care to prisoners at Port Phillip Prison, Laverton. Port Phillip Prison is a maximum-security male prison accommodating approximately 1107 inmates and is situated 20 km West of Melbourne. SVCHS works collaboratively with Forensic Mental Health Services (FMHS) who provides secondary outpatient and inpatient care for those prisoners with a mental illness. The Psychiatric Nurse will work within primary psychiatric services at Port Phillip Prison. SCVHS are responsible for the provision of all primary care and referrals to FMHS for secondary mental health services

About the Role

As part of the Primary Mental Health team you will provide psychiatric nursing services to the patient population at Port Phillip Prison. The position involves the following interventions, including but not limited to patient treatment, management and assessment and ongoing reviews, crisis assessment, development of risk management plans and engaging the patient in the development of their mental health recovery plans, referrals to other service needs, discharge planning and liaison with external stakeholders

Classifications for this position will be RPN Grade 3 NP81 - NP74 ($91,000 - $101,056 per annum pro-rata).

Duties

• Provide high-quality care to all patients and undertake mental state examinations
• Ensure documentation is completed in the electronic medical record and referrals to other services are recorded
• Review presentation for those patients previously identified as being at risk of self-harm or injury
• Participate in case management meetings for complex cases and those presenting with challenging behaviours
• Provide support and attendance to those patients in a restrictive environment

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Degree, Diploma or Certificate in Nursing that meets the requirements of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Current Practicing Certificate
• Post-registration qualifications in relevant area of speciality - Mental Health
• Current driver's licence

Benefits

• Salary packaging
• Employee Assistance Program
• Staff Car Park

All appointments are made subject to the candidate providing a current satisfactory National Police Certificate conducted by The Victoria Police.

At SVHM we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.