Nurse Practitioner - Mental Health
About the opportunity
As part of the Victorian Mental Health reforms, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals program has been established to provide integrated clinical care, and wellbeing support to participants and their family members and/or carers.
Latrobe Regional Health, Wellways and Gippsland Lakes Complete Health will be working together to provide an easy way to access care and support for people aged 26 years and over, who are experiencing mental health concerns - including people with co-occurring alcohol and drug support and care needs and their family, carers, and supporters.
This is a new way of doing things and creates an amazing opportunity to drive much-needed mental health improvements for our communities.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Locals program is free, voluntary, and easy to access, with no referral required. Importantly, these new services will be delivered on the basis of ‘how can we help? and a ‘no wrong door’ approach, focused on giving choice and control over how the participant wants to receive support.
About the role
The Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, employed by Latrobe Regional Health, will be responsible for the delivery of advanced practice in mental health nursing, contribute to research, education and leadership to the East Gippsland’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Local Service.
This role will provide high-quality evidence-based care and play an integral role in changing and shaping the way mental health and wellbeing services and supports are delivered to the East Gippsland community.
About you
You will have a passion for Mental Health, a desire to make a real difference and commitment to improving outcomes for participants, carers, and the wider community.
We are looking for candidates who:
- Are skilled in mental health nursing, complex decision-making and the clinical competencies for advanced practice
- Have extensive experience in conducting advanced assessments and screening of mental health disorders and psychiatric illness and
- Can build a participant and community-led, inclusive, and values-driven culture
You will also need:
- Division 1 Registered Nurse with post graduate qualification in psychiatric nursing
- Endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
- Masters level Nurse Practitioner qualifications (or those deemed equivalent by AHPRA)
- 5 years’ experience is a senior nursing role
- Advanced leadership skills and demonstrated ability to lead a team
- Demonstrated current working knowledge and understanding relevant legislation and practice frameworks
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and ability to work within a multidisciplinary service delivery framework
For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contactLinda Lockeon (03)5173 8750 or[email protected]for a confidential discussion.
LRH employees enjoy access to:
- Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
- Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
- Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
- Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
- Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff
About LRH
LRH was proud to be the recipient of the2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award. This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.
We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland. Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $217 million expansion nearing completion, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
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Diversity and Inclusion
We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8653.
IMPORTANT:All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenzavaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.