Clinical Nurse Consultant

Overview

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time

Hours per fortnight: 80

Job Category: Nursing - Registered Nurse (Div 1)

Role details

• Work in a purpose-built facility with the largest regional health service in Australia
• North Geelong location with convenient onsite parking
• Permanent full-time position with salary packaging benefits and a monthly ADO

About Barwon Health

Barwon Health is one of the largest and most comprehensive regional health services in Australia, providing care at all stages of life and circumstance. Services available through Barwon Health cover the full spectrum from primary care, community services, aged care, rehabilitation, mental health, emergency and acute care. We serve more than 500,000 people through the efforts of more than 9000 staff and volunteers across more than 20 sites. Barwon Health is committed to developing a vibrant culture of education, training and research that advances health and wellbeing for all.

About MHDAS

Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS) provides integrated and recovery oriented mental health, drugs and alcohol assessment, treatment and community support to people of all ages within the Barwon region experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health and drug & alcohol issues, and their families. Our service is internationally recognised for its innovative clinical programs and integrated models of practice that are client centred, accessible and family inclusive. We are fortunate to enjoy terrific internal relationships and have developed excellent partnerships with the local community that provide for seamless integrated care for our clients. MHDAS is entering a new phase of co-design of our service system with people who access our services and our wider community. This will build on our nationally recognized unique cultural approach to the challenges of recovery-oriented service delivery to redesign our service system.

About The Facility

Our major sites include University Hospital Geelong in Geelong's CBD, the McKellar Centre precinct in North Geelong, Barwon Health North in Norlane, and residential aged care facilities spanning the region. Comprehensive mental health, community health and dental services are delivered through various programs across the Barwon South West Region, including Torquay and Colac.

The Role

The role will, in collaboration with the NUM and other nurse educators:

• Contribute towards an appropriately skilled workforce by providing mentoring, particularly to junior nurses or recent recruits, with a focus on bed-based nursing development to address priority issues on the wards which are related to vulnerable and high-risk consumers presenting with high level needs.
• Work as part of the inpatient team and collaborate with the extended multidisciplinary team's clinical quality and risk, service performance and care standards in the provision of care for vulnerable and high-risk consumers presenting with high levels of acuity and behavioural disturbance.

This role holds substantial responsibility for the implementation of specific Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) initiatives and frameworks that are being led by the Office of the Chief Mental Health Nurse (OCMHN).

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.

About The Culture

You will have the opportunity to be part of a highly skilled, professional and dedicated team who take pride in providing high quality services. We promote positive, respectful relationships and strong partnerships within the workplace. Grow and develop your capabilities with Barwon Health's commitment to professional development.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction.
• A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
• Wide-range of professional development opportunities to enhance your career.
• Attractive salary packaging benefits. Living expenses capped at $9010 and meals and entertainment capped at $2650.

Application details

Application closing date: Monday 15, September 2025

Contact: Jessica Lewis | Nurse Unit Manager | McKellar Mental Health and Wellbeing Unit

Email:

Phone:

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