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.

Senior Registered Psychiatric Nurse

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Full Time, Ongoing position based in Moonee Ponds
• Deliver evidence-based, person-centred mental health support.
• Support consumers engaged with the Assisted Intensive Medication Service (AIMS).

About Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services (RMH MHS):
The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) is one of Victoria’s largest and busiest public hospitals, providing comprehensive acute, subacute, and mental health care. RMH MHS offers community-based mental health services with a strong focus on workforce development and team culture. Based in Moonee Ponds, this role is an opportunity to expand your skills, deliver excellent interventions, and contribute to the growth of mental health services in the community.

Your new role:
• Develop thoughtful, evidence-based recovery plans with consumers and their supports within RMH MHS.
• Manage a caseload that allows time for therapeutic, profession-specific interventions across RMH community mental health programs.
• Provide interventions at different stages of community mental health, including acute assessment and ongoing support.
• Demonstrate leadership to maintain high clinical standards and contribute to RMH’s positive, collaborative team culture.
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary team activities, applying treatment skills for people with severe and enduring mental health conditions.

About you:
• Registered Psychiatric Nurse with minimum 5 years’ experience in assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability.
• Committed to supporting consumers with severe and enduring mental illness, their families, GPs, support workers, and NDIS teams through RMH MHS programs.
• Motivated to develop professional practice, provide leadership, and maintain high clinical standards aligned with RMH values.
• Able to work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including some out-of-hours shifts.
• Confident supporting people with drug and alcohol related issues, proficient in Microsoft Windows, and hold a current Victorian Driver’s Licence.

Benefits of working with RMH MHS:

• Access to professional development and career progression in a large, dynamic organisation.
• Supportive and collaborative team environment with excellent work-life balance.
• Salary packaging, 17.5% leave loading and access to Fitness Passport, offering discounted memberships to gyms and wellness facilities.
• Inclusive workplace that champions diversity, equity, and safety for all staff.

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Applications may close earlier than the advertised date, so early submission is encouraged.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and, where applicable, Working with Children Check. Evidence of immunisation, including is required for all clinical or patient-facing roles.

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.

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.