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About This Role
Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people's lives.
The Secure Extended Care Unit (Unit 4) is a 50-bed Inpatient Unit based at Dandenong Hospital. SECUs provide medium to long-term inpatient treatment and rehabilitation for people who have unremitting and severe symptoms of mental illness or disorder with an associated significant disturbance in behaviour that preclude their living in a less restricted environment.
SECU has a recovery-based model of care. It provides mental health services to patients identified as needing a longer stay in a bed-based service to support extensive treatment, assessment, formulation, and management recommendations.
Our collaborative multi-disciplinary team made up of social workers, occupational therapists, clinical and neuro psychologists, exercise physiologists, dieticians, music therapists, psychiatrists, and nurses provides targeted treatment and rehabilitation programs that maximise individual functioning, minimise the barriers to recovery, and promote return to community living.
About You
To ensure your success in this role, you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience, and knowledge:
1. You have passion and genuine interest in Acute Mental Health and inpatient services, and you understand the complexities of working in this setting.
2. You are a dynamic, key team player and willing to contribute to the continual improvement of your skills and knowledge as a Mental Health practitioner.
3. You also have:
o Demonstrated Nursing experience in Mental Health
o Working towards or have completed a Post Graduate Qualification in Mental Health nursing
o Demonstrate a willingness to learn and grow your experience in this area through commitment to the team
o Current Australian AHPRA nursing registration
About Us
We value your experience and contribution to the workforce. We love to see your passion, enjoying what you do best, while building rapport with your patients to ensure that each day brings hope to their recovery and discharge.
This brings you back to why you chose Nursing as a career.
We are a highly connected team with strong shared values and a commitment to excellence.
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards.
At Monash Health, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system.
For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the 'Application Guide'.
Applications will be screened upon receipt, and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.