Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is a new, dedicated public youth mental health service and is the first of its kind in Australia. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team.

Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN2)
Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service
Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)

• Ongoing position | Full-Time or Part-Time (minimum of 0.8 EFT)
• Use your mental health nursing skills to support recovery in a new youth custodial unit
• Based in Little River at Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct, Mental Health Unit

About Us:

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is Victoria’s newest public mental health service dedicated to the care of young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing complex mental health challenges.

PYMHWS is leading a bold and values-driven transformation in youth mental health care across Melbourne’s north and west. We exist to walk alongside young people, their families, carers, supporters and kin delivering care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience. Our service model is shaped by the voices of young people and their communities, and underpinned by a commitment to safety, equity, and continuous learning.

At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build in a future where all young people can access world-class mental health support, close to home. As we grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled, and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health in Victoria.  

Benefits of working at PYMHWS:

• Salary packaging options, earn up to $12,000 tax free earnings!
• 5 weeks annual leave plus monthly ADO’s for full time employees
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities

About the role:

The Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS) team provides specialist youth mental health care in custodial settings (Parkville and Cherry Creek sites) to young people and their families/carers. PYMHWS and Youth Justice staff work collaboratively to support young people voluntarily admitted to the new Mental Health Unit (MHU) at Cherry Creek Youth Justice Custodial Precinct. Develop your clinical mental health skills within a first-of-its-kind voluntary eight bed forensic mental health unit.

• Deliver evidence-based nursing care to young people in custody across a 24/7 rotating roster
• Provide specialist mental health nursing interventions, and effectively manage critical incidents and emergency situations
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based interventions
• Deliver mental health nursing care from a Strengths-Based, Recovery-Focused framework
• Engage in 1:1 therapeutic work, clinical practice, advocacy, group facilitation, and mentorship/preceptorship

About you:

Formal Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications and registration (see position description for details)

Essential

• 12+ months clinical experience in mental health, preferably in a youth mental health and/or forensic setting
• Ability to deliver personalised psycho-social care beyond the traditional medical model to facilitate recovery of young people

Desirable

• Evidence of current Continuing Professional Development in Nursing
• Knowledge of current mental health approaches
• Knowledge of the youth justice and/or criminal justice system

To view the full Position Description, please click here 

Please note, recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

PYMHWS stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.