Alfred Health
Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.
1. Permanent Appointment
2. Full-time (1.0 EFT) with flexible monthly ADO
3. Based at the Alfred Hospital's Adult Inpatient Unit
4. Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 4
5. Great Staff Benefits
6. Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
About us
Alfred Mental & Addiction Health is responsible for the operation of services, which focus on people with a severe mental illness residing in the Inner South Eastern area of Melbourne.
The single most important goal of Alfred Mental & Addiction Health is to create an environment that facilitates clinical recovery, supports individual recovery efforts and strives to minimise service system barriers to the recovery process.
The inpatient unit is made up of 58 beds distributed across two 29-bed wards, including a statewide psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU). Each ward has a full range of nursing, allied health and medical staff.
What you’ll be doing
In this role, you will provide key leadership in the operational management of the Acute Psychiatry inpatient units working in collaboration with the Leadership Team on First Floor and Ground Floor to secure effective resource management and ensure effective and efficient patient flows across the Acute Psychiatry Program.
You will will provide a role model for excellent professional practice with demonstrated capacity to translate policy into practice and exhibit effective communication of expected standards.
About you
7. Approved tertiary qualifications and registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia via AHPRA
8. Strong clinical nursing background and strong professional identity.
9. Relevant acute clinical mental health nursing background in a relevant health service
10. Post Graduate qualification in management or working towards
11. Extensive clinical leadership experience in a teaching hospital environment
12. Australian working rights
13. Full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination
14. Be willing to undergo a Background Check
Other benefits
15. Portable long service leave from other public health services
16. Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
17. Great employment benefits as part of Alfred Health - Wellbeing initiatives, car parking (subject to availability), onsite gym, childcare services, access to salary packaging, novated leasing and discounted health insurance and banking
18. Located close to public transport and cafes