Registered Psych Nrse Div1 Gr2

at  Mercy Health

ABOUT US:

Mercy Mental Health (South West Area Mental Health Service) is a public mental health service supporting people in south west metropolitan Melbourne with severe and complex mental illnesses by providing acute and community-based care. Services are available to adults through acute inpatient programs, residential rehabilitation programs and crisis and community recovery-focused treatment programs. We also deliver inpatient and community specialist perinatal mental health services to women and infants in western Victoria.
Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.
Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

This is a rare opportunity for a Mental Health Nurse (RPN2) to join a team dedicated to the holistic treatment of Perinatal Mental Illness at the Mother Baby Unit, based at Werribee Mercy Hospital.

The Werribee Mother Baby Unit (MBU) treats Perinatal Mental Illness and has a focus on strengthening parenting capacity by optimising the mother-Infant attachment relationship. The MBU is a 6 bed 6 cot inpatient Perinatal Mental Health Unit on the grounds of the Werribee Mercy Hospital campus. The multidisciplinary treating team members include psychiatrist, psychiatric registrar, psychologist, maternal and child health nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, postgraduate level nursing staff, dietician, Nurse Unit Manager and other liaising clinicians.

• Fixed-Term (9 months) part time at 0.8 FTE for a Grade 2 mental health nurse
• Located a Werribee Mercy Hospital, Mercy Mental Health, Mother Baby Unit
• Provide care to mothers with their babies in a therapeutic setting working as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Provide quality client-focused care to the patient, their family and carers utilising a holistic approach
• Play an integral role in a multi-disciplinary team providing highly responsive and flexible service to consumers and carers
• This role requires shift work, including nights