Location:Ballarat Central, VIC, AU, 3350
$54.87 per hour + salary packaging | Associate Nurse Unit Manager – Secure Extended Care Unit (SECU)
Permanent Full Time - 80 hours per fortnight with monthly ADO

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

• Registered with AHPRA as a Psychiatric Nurse
• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing
• Strong leadership, communication, and conflict resolution skills
• Advanced knowledge of mental illness, recovery and psychotropics
• Experience in bed-based or inpatient mental health settings

ABOUT THE ROLE

Join our supportive Mental Health team at SECU in Ballarat, a specialist bed-based unit providing longer term care for consumers requiring further stabilisation and rehabilitation. This permanent ANUM role offers the opportunity to step into a dynamic leadership position, providing evidence-based, person centred, and recovery oriented care. You’ll work closely with the NUM and multidisciplinary team to lead clinical practice, quality improvement, and staff development.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide clinical oversight and leadership across SECU
• Supervise biopsychosocial assessments and risk plans
• Promote best-practice, recovery-focused mental health care
• Support quality improvement and professional development
• Coordinate shift management and supervise nursing staff
• Ensure compliance with MHWA 2022 and NSQHS standards