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.

Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN2)
Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• 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 The Royal Melbourne Hospital:

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) part of the Parkville Precinct and is one of Australia's leading public hospitals, providing a comprehensive range of specialist medical, surgical, and mental health services, as well as rehabilitation, aged care, specialist clinics and community programs.

Forming part of the Orygen Specialist Program (OSP), a program of RMH, 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. Orygen 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.

Benefits of working at RMH:

• Salary packaging options, earn up to $12,000 tax free earnings!
• 5 weeks annual leave plus monthly ADO’s for full time employees
• Discounted gyms and health centre access with Fitness Passport
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities
• RMH prides ourselves on our Speaking Up for Safety Culture and our values – People First, Lead with Kindness and Excellence together!

About the role:

• 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 Working With Children Check. All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment.

The RMH 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.