YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered through the Australia Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing personal and professional development as evidenced in a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) record/Professional Practice Portfolio (PPP)
• Hold a post graduate diploma in psychiatric/mental health nursing or have completed a specialist undergraduate Mental Health Nursing program or a specialist post basic course of training which led to registration as a Division 3 Nurse.
• Recent experience working in a paediatric or acute mental health setting
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OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

This is a Permanent Part Time position at 60.8 hours per fortnight within the RCH Mental Health Hospital Consultation-Liaison team.
You will be responsible for improving outcomes in patient care from a mental health perspective through working directly with patients and indirectly through increasing the capacity of staff to recognise and attend to the mental health needs of hospital inpatients. You will work with patients, families and carers in providing expert mental health assessment and intervention; provide guidance, education and support to generalist staff caring for patients and collaborate with them in developing a plan of care; act as a positive role model to generalist staff in psychiatric - mental health care and practice; work with the organisation or department as a mental health resource on mental health related projects, education and policy development; and act as a link between generalist and mental health services (public and private, hospital and community).
Classification for this position will range from NP75 – NP77 classification codes (FTE base salary $89,972 to $96,891 per annum, plus superannuation).