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* Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
* Work for Australia's leading Children's Hospital
* Challenging and rewarding work environment
About the role
This is a Full-Time position at 1 FTE at 80 per fortnight (accruing ADO) within the RCH Mental Health Department.
You will be responsible for supporting the Director of Nursing (Mental Health) with professional governance and the development of role related training and professional development activities within the Mental Health Department, and RCH in general. You will be accountable for delivery of high-quality nursing services for RCH Mental Health, and in particular, the role will support the Director of Nursing in providing oversight of recruitment, credentialing, professional development and maintenance of professional standards. You will also provide professional support, clinical supervision, and contribute to the professional development for mental health nursing.
To achieve the requirements of the role, you will need to be dynamic, agile, flexible and adaptable to reprioritise your workload when required to support the department's nursing workforce, organisational and departmental needs. You will not carry a clinical caseload.
Classification for this position will be Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 6
What you'll achieve:
* oversee the strategic direction of the entry to practice workforce, mainly graduates, transition nurses and postgraduate nurses
* leadership of contemporary mental health nursing practice. You will be a mentor and provide professional guidance to colleagues across RCH on contemporary nursing matters including state-wide initiatives.
* Strong professional and clinical leadership and change management skills
Your skills and experience
* Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered though the Australian Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
* Postgraduate diploma in psychiatric/mental health nursing or completion of a specialist undergraduate psychiatric nursing program
* Minimum 7 years work experience post initial registration in mental health
If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.
About the Department
The RCH Mental Health Department is a service that provides wellbeing, and mental health supports for young people aged between 0-18 years that are experiencing serious mental health and wellbeing concerns. The department provides a range of hospital inpatient, specialist, consultation and community mental health services for infants, children and young people. The teams are generally interdisciplinary and have extensive child, youth and family expertise. They include Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Paediatricians, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Peer Workers and Speech Pathologists among others.
What we offer:
* Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay!
* Employee Assistance Program
* Professional development and special events
Other requirements:
* Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
* Valid Working with Children Check
* Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure
Application process
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.
For more information about this position please contact MP Mthunzi, General Manager & Director of Nursing Mob: 0421452319 E: (emailprotected)
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The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 140 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of close to 4,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
You can make a difference to the lives of sick children and their families through donating to or fundraising for the RCH. Visit
Donated funds are crucial to the future of children's health. Thanks to support from both the community and businesses, the RCH Foundation works to ensure the hospital can continue to provide the very best care. Find out how you can make a difference to sick children and their families cared for by the hospital by visiting
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The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 140 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of close to 4,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
You can make a difference to the lives of sick children and their families through donating to or fundraising for the RCH. Visit
Donated funds are crucial to the future of children's health. Thanks to support from both the community and businesses, the RCH Foundation works to ensure the hospital can continue to provide the very best care. Find out how you can make a difference to sick children and their families cared for by the hospital by visiting
Source: this is an extract from the company’s own website.
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