Job Description
Senior Registered Psychiatric Nurse (AIMS)
Req ID:  6739
Posting Start Date:  14/04/2026
Advertisement End Date:  12/05/2026
Work Location:  Waratah Community Health Service

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.

Job Description: 

Senior Key Clinician AH3 RPN4 – Community Mental Health

Fixed Term (Parental Leave cover) – Full time

 

 

  • Join as a RMH Mental Health Service leader, extensive opportunities for professional development
  • Open to Senior Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPN4)
  • Fixed Term (Parental Leave cover), Full Time, based in Waratah Clinic, Moonee Ponds

About Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services (RMH MHS)

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services (RMH MHS) deliver comprehensive, recovery-focused care across inpatient and community settings.

This is an exciting opportunity for a developing clinician to deliver high-quality, community-based mental health care. Based in Moonee Ponds, you will join a dynamic, supportive team that values collaboration, professional growth and strong team culture.

 

Your new role:

  • Develop thoughtful, evidence based recovery plans with consumers and their supports
  • Manage a reasonable caseload that allows you to do therapeutic work
  • Protected time to provide profession specific interventions
  • Provide excellent interventions across different stages of community mental health journey, including acute assessment, ongoing support.
  • Demonstrate leadership to drive high standards of interventions and maintain a positive culture in the team
  • Actively engage in discipline specific and multidisciplinary team activities and meetings
  • Apply sound treatment skills for people with severe and enduring mental health conditions, and have willingness and capacity to commit to development of EB knowledge and practice

 

About you:

  • You must have a qualification as a RPN4
  • Experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability is desirable, with training and development provided as required
  • You are committed to developing your practice as a professional in clinical mental health
  • You are motivated to provide leadership within the team, and drive high clinical standards
  • You are able to contribute and function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and enjoy working autonomously
  • You are confident in the provision of support and treatment for people experiencing drug and alcohol related issues and their families.
  • Excellent organisation, communication and interpersonal skills
  • Proficiency in computer software use and information technology on the Microsoft Windows platform and ability to learn new programs and navigate databases
  • Willing to work in a range of settings and some out of hours shifts
  • Hold a current Victorian Driver’s Licence, and ongoing ability to use this form of transport

 

Benefit of working with The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services:

Here at The RMH we strive for excellence with a strong purpose that defines the work we do for our community – Advancing health for everyone, every day. This is the Melbourne Way.   

This is a role where your passion and expertise can come together to create a truly defining career opportunity. It is a unique opportunity to help us transform the future of the RMH and ultimately ensure we continue to deliver world class healthcare. 

  • You have access to professional development and career progression in a large, dynamic organisation
  • Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
  • Salary packaging, great location and close to public transport.

 

To view the full position description, please click here!

Interested?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

 

 

Advertisement Contact (Name and phone):  Joe Judge 0499572990

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.