Title:  2025 Transition to Specialty Practice (Community Mental Health)

Community Mental Health Transition to Specialty Practice Program (Registered Nurse)

• Registered Nurse Grade 2 

• Multiple Part-time (32 hours per week) positions available

• Opportunity for supported pathway into specialization within community mental health  

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role

Eastern Health is recruiting to Mental Health Transition to Specialty Practice Positions across numerous mental health team for 2025, including adult case management, early psychosis team, dual diagnosis, older adult case management and the Box Hill MST team (which requires 12 months of experience in contemporary acute mental health)

The transition to speciality practice (TSP community) is a formalised, structured and supportive career development program for mental health nurses wishing to gain experience working in a community setting. 

As community mental health is by nature interdisciplinary, it is vital that experienced, confident nurses are able to work as part of the team. 

The TSP offers a formalised career development program for nurses transitioning from acute inpatient units to a community setting.  

About you

To be succesful, you will posses:

• Bachelor of Nursing or other recognised equivalent formal qualification leading to condition free registration in Australia 

• Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australian (NMBA) via AHPRA 

• 12 months’ post registration employment experience, inclusive of six months’ experience in contemporary acute mental health (12months experience in contemporary acute mental health for MST position)

• Demonstrated clinical skills aligned with experience and scope of practice 

• Motivated and self-directed learner who is receptive to feedback 

• Well-developed communication skills  

• Patient centred practice  

• Passion for clinical excellence  

• Willingness to engage in clinical supervision practice 

• Willingness to work rotating roster 

• A current valid Victorian Drivers Licence 

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.  An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps

Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). 

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application

Please Click Here for Position Description

Contact Person: Kate Lumsden & Euan Donley

Contact Number: Kate: 9871-3361 (Thurs & Fri) Euan: 9871-3363 (Tues and Wed) 

Contact Email: kate.lumsden@easternhealth.org.au and euan.donley@easternhealth.org.au

Job Posting End Date: 9/10/24

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1)

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