Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Full time, Part time
Organisation: Monash Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 59316
**About Monash Health**
**About Aged Persons Mental Health Service**
The community teams have seven sub-teams based in Kingston Centre and Endeavour Hills. The service provides assessment and treatment for people aged 65 years and over, who have a psychiatric disability and/or dementia with associated behaviours of concern requiring specialist treatment. From each site services such as the Aged Psychiatry Assessment Team (APAT), the Residential Support Program (RSP), Aged Persons Intensive Community Treatment (ICT), the Psychogeriatric Nursing Home In-Reach (PGNH In-Reach) team and Aged Persons Triage are provided.
**About the Role**
The service comprises of a team of Mental Health Clinicians, including RPN's, OT's and Social Workers. The Mental Health Clinicians are supported by Consultant Psychiatrists, Registrars, Neuropsychologist, a Primary Care Transition Coordinator, Administrative support and this role.
This position plays a dual role of providing leadership and support in the care of consumers who are prescribed Clozapine as well as towards improving physical health outcomes of consumers of the Aged Persons Mental Health Service.As a Clozapine and Physical Health Clinician you will work collaboratively with other clinicians to ensure quality of care is provided to consumers in the service area. We will look to you to provide sound clinical input to the team and demonstrate competence in supporting, enhancing and facilitating the care of consumers. As this is a Grade 4 nursing role sound leadership, networking and collaboration are essential traits that will allow you to perform your best in this position.
**About You**
You are an innovative thinker and are passionate about taking the team to the next level. Your ambitious and supportive disposition will see the success of the team reach many goals such as, improved physical health outcomes of consumers and adherence to all Clozapine protocols and standards. Your approach is patient centred and view exceptional outcomes as a top priority. In clinical matters you will demonstrate your excellent knowledge base in dealing with complexities as well as being an effective resource for the team regarding Clozapine and physical health.
**We are looking for someone with**:
- Minimum 5 years as a Grade 3 Registered Psychiatric Nurse
- great communicator and capacity to network and collaborate
- Patient centred
- Experience with Aged Mental Health desirable but not fundamental
- excellent networking and collaboration skills
**Monash Health will offer**:
- Monthly ADO's
- Salary Packaging
- Access to professional development
- Friendly and supportive culture
Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.
Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:
- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children's Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.
A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.
Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.