Mental Health RN, RNS, Macquarie, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai and Northern Beaches Hospitals
About the role
The Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) and the Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) are seeking Mental Health Registered Nurses to join their MHDA Service. At NSLHD, we value your strengths, appreciate your contribution, and support you to learn and grow.
Benefits
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing and Fitness Passport
- Clinical Supervision and ongoing specialist mental health education and leadership pathways to support your profession development.
Employment Type
Permanent & Temporary / Full Time & Part Time roles available (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification
Registered Nurse
Remuneration
$40.02 - $56.19 per hour
Hours Per Week
Up to 38 hours per week
Requisition ID
REQ665810
Who we are
We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven, and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients while creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting, and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.
Where you'll be working
We have a number of specialised mental health nursing positions across the following sites of Macquarie Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital, and Northern Beaches Hospital, including specialist older persons and young persons units.
What you'll be doing
The mental health Registered Nurse (RN) within MHDA services leads and supports person-centered consumer health outcomes with a focus on recovery within inpatient health care settings. The mental health RN assumes a leadership role within the nursing team, supporting, teaching, mentoring, and leading nursing staff including Enrolled Nurses (EN) and Assistants in Nursing (AIN). The mental health RN leads and supports the implementation of specific mental health nursing care activities that support the multidisciplinary health care team.
The intention of the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service is to provide recovery-oriented, trauma-informed services that are guided by evidence-based practice and collaboration, recognizing each person's unique journey of recovery in a way that fosters hope, purpose, and resilience.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Registered Nurse – Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills along with experience working within mental health.
- Contemporary mental health, nursing clinical knowledge and problem-solving skills along with the ability to work within a Multidisciplinary team.
Need more information?
- Click here for the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions
Contact Mark Joyce on mark.joyce@health.nsw.gov.au
Additional Information
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.