St Pauls - Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 3

Job Description

St Pauls - Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 3 Truganina VIC 3029, Australia Posted Wednesday 1 January 2025 at 1:00 pm | Expires Wednesday 29 January 2025 at 12:59 pm Extensive investment in facilities and people supporting our significant service expansion $100,932 - $112,091 (RPN3) plus super and salary packaging A culture where people care International Relocation Support provided! A career in the forensic mental health sector is diverse, challenging and rewarding. A career at Forensicare will be like no other. If you’re passionate about supporting people in their mental health recovery, Forensicare is where you need to be. You will be a part of a caring and supportive team, making a real difference to people living with the dual stigma of mental illness and offending. We approach our work with curiosity and a commitment to understanding the unique needs of our consumers and carers. Working across community, hospital, and prison settings, you can learn, apply your specialist skills and advance in your profession. Together, we can contribute to a more connected, compassionate mental health and criminal justice system. Job location Forensicare provides specialist forensic mental health services across 12 of Victoria’s 14 prisons with expansion underway to include Western Plains in the Barwon region. Located at Port Phillip Prison in Truganina, VIC. St Paul’s Unit is a 30-bed psychosocial rehabilitation service that provides specialist, voluntary mental health care, treatment, and therapeutic programs to prisoners with a mental health diagnosis. Participants selected for the program require psychosocial rehabilitation to minimise the risk of relapse and enhance their social functioning in preparation for returning to the general prison environment or release to the community. Port Phillip Prison (PPP) is closing at the end of 2025 and its decommissioning will commence in July 2025. This position will initially be located at PPP and you will be redeployed to a comparable role at another Forensicare site subject to operational requirements. About the Role: The Mental Health Nurse (RPN3) delivers care within a custodial setting, practicing within a recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care. In doing so, the Mental Health Nurse recognises the needs of the individual within the boundaries set by the profession, Forensicare and correctional services. This position works with a multidisciplinary team to provide care and facilitate recovery through the use of evidence-based treatment approaches and participation in the delivery of therapeutic programs. The Mental Health Nurse will be responsible for delivering case management to a small caseload of allocated patients. In addition, the Mental Health Nurse consults, negotiates, and liaises effectively with key stakeholders across a number of settings, including Reception, Outpatients, and ‘At Risk’. This position requires the Mental Health Nurse to demonstrate leadership skills and undertake ANUM and ‘At Risk’ duties as allocated. Duties: Delivery of high-quality care coordination, ‘At Risk’ assessments, and provision of individual and group programs. Provide comprehensive recovery-orientated assessment and treatment to patients in a custodial setting. Formulation and documentation of patient-centred Mental Health Recovery Plans for allocated case managed patients. Completion of initial and ongoing risk assessment of patients and liaison with the multidisciplinary team, and custodial staff as required, to provide a safe environment. Consult and collaborate with the inter-disciplinary team – including G4S, St Vincent’s Correctional Health Service, programs staff, patients, carers, and other relevant agencies for the development of risk assessments, care planning, and delivery. Administer and monitor the effects of medication interventions. About You: Demonstrated thorough working knowledge of current standards of practice, contemporary mental health nursing practices, and relevant legislation. Proven knowledge, skills, and experience in mental health nursing preferably within a custodial setting. Demonstrated commitment to mental health consumer recovery. Demonstrated comprehensive risk assessment skills and ability to plan and implement risk management plans. Uses sound judgement and initiative to make independent, clear, and patient-centred therapeutic recommendations. Ability to tailor and deliver therapeutic programs to individuals and groups. What you need: Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent. Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA). *Please Note - Applications will be reviewed and interviewed as they are received. A culture where people matter. Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of all our team members. Well defined career pathways existing across our Directorates with multi-disciplined Teams. Salary Packaging Options available – Mortgage, Rent, Car, Expenses. International Candidates – Sponsorship availability, Permanent (186) or Temporary (482) and potential for up to $10,000 Relocation support to approved applicants. A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised, and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy. Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition. Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters. A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological, peer support, and critical incidence response programs. This position is subject to a Police Check. We are able to Sponsor eligible International candidates for 182 Permanent or 486 Temporary Visa. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of curiosity, purpose, strong ethics, compassion, and fairness; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke-free environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr