The Older Persons Mental Health Service is a dynamic community-based team delivering compassionate person-centred mental health care.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide clinical expertise and act as a resource for nursing medical and allied health staff in managing consumers with complex mental health needs.
* Initiate develop implement and evaluate clinical policy care guidelines quality improvement and research activities to improve consumer outcomes.
* Provide case management to a designated number of consumers with complex needs including carer education and consultation with GPs other service providers and significant others.
To be successful you will need extensive experience in clinical nursing practice in various settings comprehensive knowledge of relevant legislation and awards highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to work constructively as part of a multidisciplinary team.