Job Description
Benefits
- Generous salary packaging options
- Ongoing professional development and training
- Supportive multidisciplinary team environment
- Career progression in a specialist mental health setting
Why work with our client?
Our client is a values-driven not-for-profit health provider delivering essential healthcare services to vulnerable communities. Their work focuses on improving health equity and providing safe, person-centred care. Staff are supported to grow professionally while making meaningful impact in the lives of young people.
About the Role
We are recruiting Mental Health Nurses to join a nurse-led primary health team within a youth custodial setting in Malmsbury. This role focuses on delivering mental health assessments, risk assessments, care planning, and coordinated mental health support to young people in custody.
You will work closely with GPs and multidisciplinary teams to ensure continuity of care and positive mental health outcomes. A rotating roster across day, afternoon, and night shifts applies.
Key Duties
- Conduct comprehensive mental health and risk assessments
- Deliver treatment and review aligned with care plans
- Support discharge planning and continuity of care
- Monitor mental state and escalate clinical concerns
- Collaborate with GPs and multidisciplinary teams
Skills & Experience - Essential
- AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse
- Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing
- Minimum 2 years mental health nursing experience
- Strong risk assessment and clinical decision-making skills
- Ability to work both independently and in a team
Desired Skills & Experience
- Experience in forensic or custodial settings
- Experience supporting vulnerable or marginalised youth
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Confidence working in high-risk environments
Other Requirements
- Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check
- Ability to obtain Justice security clearance
- Up-to-date Immunisation Category A
- Valid Victorian driver's licence
How to Apply
Email your resume to Mel or Katie at melissa.carson@twrecruitment.com.au or katie.lucas@twrecruitment.com.au
For any queries, contact Mel or Katie on (03) 9081 0559
TRADEWIND AUSTRALIA AND THE ORGANISATIONS WE REPRESENT ARE PROUD TO BE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYERS.
We welcome applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background, people with disability, and those with lived experience.
