Monash Health is a great place to work

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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About the role

Monash Health offers a unique Transition to Speciality Practice (TSP) program in Mental Health specifically designed to give Registered Nurses a safe and supportive transition to mental health practice. The program allows you to consolidate and build on your knowledge, skills, and confidence while being supported within the clinical settings.

This program facilitates your transition into mental health nursing by providing comprehensive specialist education and two six-month rotations at different locations within the Monash Mental health program. This will enhance your knowledge and skills to perform well in an area of high complexity and to feel confident, competent and valued. To support you further, this program includes a structured theory component.

Whilst enrolment in Postgraduate Mental Health Nursing is not mandated, if you enrol in the studies, you will be entitled for Study leave as per Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement and eligible for scholarships available via the department of health.

Throughout the duration of this course, participants in the program are encouraged to reflect and explore their own practice in relation to the theory they have learnt. The program will provide an environment that supports and fosters learning through onsite tuition to those wanting to specialise and explore contemporary approaches to the specialist area of mental health nursing

What You Need:

• Registered with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) via the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), and consent to ongoing registration checks via Monash Health’s electronic credentialing systems.
• Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Nursing who has completed a minimum of 12 months of work experience (Includes completing a graduate program)
• Current Working with Children Check
• Australian working rights

What We Offer:

• Salary packaging
• access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
• avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
• mentorship & career guidance
• a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies  
• Leave entitlements as per the Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement.

After the program

The program will allow you to consolidate and build on your mental health knowledge and skills with confidence in a supportive setting. After successfully completing the program you will be eligible to apply for ongoing employment in a mental health services.

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Tracey Harmer on 9594 6165.

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close: 20 March 2025