Registered Psychiatric Nurse - Women’s Mental Health
Permanent Part Time and Full Time
Cabrini Elsternwick
Cabrini offers:
Salary packaging: up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2650 meal & entertainment card benefits
Work environment: Opportunity to work in our Women’s only specialist centre
Compensation: 12% super + 17.5% leave loading
Convenience: Vibrant Elsternwick location, close to local shops, cafes and public transport
Travel Perks: Myki Commuter discounted fares
Free parking: Convenient and free on-site parking available
Cabrini Women's Mental Health Service
At Cabrini Women's Mental Health, we proudly operate Australia's premier private, women-only mental health service, housed within the Lisa Thurin Women's Health Centre. Our specialized facility focuses on providing compassionate treatment and support for women experiencing mental health challenges in a secure and nurturing environment, ensuring both patients and clinicians feel safe and protected.
Our approach to care is grounded in psychological principles, trauma-informed practices, and a recovery-oriented perspective, which allows us to holistically understand and address the unique needs of each individual. By fostering positive relationships and offering tailored programs, we empower women to embark on their journey towards recovery and well-being.
In this role, you will be responsible for delivering empathetic, respectful, and personalized patient care in a supportive and safe environment that promotes healing and growth.
We are currently seeking both day shift and night shift Registered Psychiatric Nurses to help us in our mission to provide outstanding mental health care for women.
How you will make an impact as a Mental Health Clinician
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate registered nurse to join our dynamic team focused on women's mental health. Your success in this role will be in your ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment, demonstrate flexibility, and provide exceptional care across three service areas: inpatient, day program, and outpatient individual therapy.
This rewarding position offers the opportunity to work within a dedicated team in a safe environment, to ensure your professional growth and development. The ideal candidate will bring a strong commitment to patient-centred care and contribute to our ongoing efforts to improve the mental health and well-being of the women we serve.
About you
As a Registered Psychiatric Nurse, you will bring your experience and treat patients with a number of mental health conditions including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. You will work as part of our clinical team, optimise patient safety and ensure the delivery of an exceptional patient experience.
You will have:
Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency as a Registered Nurse.
A bachelor’s degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing or equivalent, or a bachelor’s degree in nursing or equivalent plus an approved postgraduate qualification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing.
Minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a hospital setting
Demonstrated capacity and initiative to operate with autonomy
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Please note that visa sponsorship is not being offered for this position.
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Enquiries should be directed to: Jess Duda, Nurse Manager on 9508 5100
Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.
Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.
As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Working for Cabrini
Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.
There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.
Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.
Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect
MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI
Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza and COVID-19 (recommended), plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested.