The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Psychiatric Enrolled Nurse

• Community-based rehabilitation supporting independence
• Full Time, Ongoing Permanent Night Shift opportunity working 80 hours per fortnight
• People First, Lead with Kindness and Excellence Together!

Join Norfolk Terrace Community Care Unit (CCU) at Travancore, a 20-bed residential rehabilitation service supporting people with severe and enduring mental illness within the RMH Mental Health Services catchment.

The service comprises 12 shared residential units and provides 24-hour support focused on recovery, rehabilitation and building greater independence.

As a Psychiatric Enrolled Nurse Grade 2, you will provide recovery-focused, person-centred nursing care and work closely with consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary team to support individual recovery goals. You will help consumers develop or regain skills in self-care, communication and social participation, while contributing to collaborative recovery planning and evidence-based mental health care.

This is a permanent night shift position,

Key accountabilities

• Provide recovery-oriented, person-centred mental health care within a residential rehabilitation setting
• Support consumers to develop daily living skills that promote independence and community integration
• Collaborate with families, carers and community partners to support holistic recovery outcomes
• Work effectively within a multidisciplinary team to deliver safe, high-quality mental health care
• Apply relevant mental health legislation, policies and clinical frameworks in day-to-day practice

About You

• Extensive nursing experience in all or multiple specialties, or transferrable skills and a demonstrated ability to practice collaboratively
• Post Graduate Qualification in specialty area
• Passionate, enthusiastic and a willingness to embrace new ways of learning
• Ability to provide mentoring and leadership in the clinical areas
• Experience providing staff, graduates and students with clinically based supervision and training in accordance with RMH policy and procedures
• Experience in the delivery of Entry to Practice and Graduate Nurse Programs, as well as a willingness to support the development and implementation of RISE and Postgraduate programs to staff within the clinical areas

Benefits of Working at RMH

• Meaningful Work
  Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
• Career Growth
  Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
• Supportive Culture & Belonging
  Join in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
• Innovation
  Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
• World-Class Excellence
  Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
• Enjoy great employee benefits
  Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).

• Work in the Parkville Precinct
  Work in the Parkville precinct with excellent public transport, onsite parking options and access to staff health services.

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Interested?

Click Apply to submit your application, please include a cover letter and resume.

Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and are committed to a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.