Registered & Enrolled Nurse - Psychiatric

Your role at St John of God Langmore Centre

We are seeking experienced and compassionate Mental Health Registered & Enrolled Nurses to join our casual pool across our specialist mental health units, including the Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Unit, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Unit, and Adult Mental Health (AMH) Unit.

The AOD Unit comprises 21 beds, the PTSD Unit has 12 beds, and the AMH Unit has 27 beds.

These casual positions offer the flexibility to work across all shifts—morning, afternoon, and night duty—on both weekdays and weekends.

We are particularly interested in nurses with a minimum of three years’ experience in mental health, ideally with skills in AOD detox and withdrawal management, and/or experience supporting patients with PTSD symptoms.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering high-quality, person-centred mental health care

The Position

• Accepts accountability for professional conduct of self within scope of practice
• Ensures that all documentation is accurate, legible and completed in a professional and timely manner and recorded in relevant hospital and/or patient medical records.
• Acts as a role model and resource person for nursing students and nursing colleagues. Aligns theoretical knowledge with clinical practice.
• Conducts direct care and treatment by performing nursing assessments including mental state examinations and risks assessments.
• Develops and evaluates nursing care plans in collaboration with patients/carer and the inter-displinary team.
• Accepts accountability for professional conduct practices within scope of practice.
• Ensures that all documentation is accurate, legible and completed in a professional and timely manner in the patient’s hospital medical records.
• Delivers direct care and treatment by performing accurate mental state examinations and risks assessments.
• Develops and implements nursing care plans in collaboration with patients and the inter-disciplinary team.
• Participates in the nursing process with each individual patient and documents changes in the care plan as required using a bio-psychosocial spiritual approach.
  
  

You will have current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse or Enrolled Nurse and Post grad in Mental health, with minimum 5 years’ experience as Psychiatric Nurse, AOD & AOD experience preferred.

To succeed you will have ability to conduct relevant risk assessments including mental health risk assessment, mental state examinations and Drug and Alcohol assessments within your scope of practice

Above all, people will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values

We will offer you

• Registered Nurse hourly rate: $42.94 to $60.65 (casual loading included), plus 12% superannuation
• Enrolled Nurse hourly rate: $37.89 to $45.24 per hour (casual loading included), plus 12% superannuation
• Casual positions available
• As a casual employee, you can salary package a percentage of your earnings each pay period, which can be applied to a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses
• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

All applicants are asked to submit a covering letter (of no more than two (2) pages) demonstrating how you meet the essential requirements of the role

For enquiries contact Jessica Laurito- NUM on (03) 9773 7101

At St John of God Health Care, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being.

Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.