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Job 1: Seslhd Stg Staff Specialist Psychiatry – Community

Location: 2000 Sydney, New South Wales

Salary: $44 - $47 per annum

Agency: Cornerstone Medical Recruitment

Job Description

This team is the single entry point for new referrals into the Area Mental Health Service. The role is dynamic, fast-paced, and requires a clinician with very strong phone-based triage experience to ensure safe and effective care pathways.

Responsibilities

• Provide recovery-oriented and trauma-informed mental health triage
  
• Conduct screening assessments across the lifespan
  
• Assess and manage risk, allocating follow-up care in line with Victorian Mental Health Triage Response categories
  
• Direct referrals to the most appropriate team or external provider
  
• Support after-hours bed management for acute admissions
  
• Maintain accurate documentation in MasterCare and TRAK
  

About you

• Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN3) with proven experience in mental health triage, clinical decision-making, and crisis assessment
  
• Strong communication and documentation skills
  
• Must have own car and ability to travel (fuel reimbursed within VIC)
  

Contract details

• Rate: $ $86.89 per hour + penalties + super
  
• Travel: Fuel reimbursement within VIC
  
• Contract length: 12 weeks | ASAP start
  

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled RPN to bring their triage expertise to the frontline of mental health care, making a real impact in a community-focused service.

Apply now or email to express your interest and learn more.

Job 2: Mental Health Registered Nurse

Location: 2220 Hurstville, New South Wales

Salary: $22 - $34 per hour

Agency: Cornerstone Medical Recruitment

Job Description

Permanent

About the Opportunity

• Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing care for patients with acute and chronic mental health needs.
  
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centred care.
  
• Support patients and families in decision-making, advocacy, and discharge planning.
  
• Supervise and mentor ENs and AINs where required.
  
• Contribute to clinical quality, safety, and improvement initiatives.
  
• Provide clear and confident communication, particularly when discussing risks and patient safety.
  

Skills and Experience

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
  
• Minimum of 3 years' mental health nursing experience.
  
• Strong clinical and risk management skills.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Ability to work in a private hospital setting, with professionalism and teamwork.
  
• Experience in drug and alcohol nursing.
  
• Confidence in patient advocacy and communicating risks.
  
• Permanent, full-time nursing positions (no casual or contract work).
  
• Salary aligned with experience under Level 1.4 RN classification.
  
• Convenient location - 2 mins walk from Hurstville Station.
  
• Discounted staff parking ($5/day).
  
• Opportunity to join a growing mental health hospital with expansion plans.
  

About the Location/Team

This is a reputable private mental health hospital located in Hurstville, providing high-quality inpatient and outpatient mental health services. The hospital is expanding capacity to meet patient demand, including new beds dedicated to drug and alcohol services. The focus is on delivering safe, evidence-based care in a supportive team environment.

About the Opportunity

As a Mental Health RN, you will:

• Deliver safe, evidence-based nursing care for patients with acute and chronic mental health needs.
  
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide patient-centred care.
  
• Support patients and families in decision-making, advocacy, and discharge planning.
  
• Supervise and mentor ENs and AINs where required.
  
• Contribute to clinical quality, safety, and improvement initiatives.
  
• Provide clear and confident communication, particularly when discussing risks and patient safety.
  

Essential

• Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.
  
• Minimum of 3 years' mental health nursing experience.
  
• Strong clinical and risk management skills.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Ability to work in a private hospital setting, with professionalism and teamwork.
  

Desirable

• Experience in drug and alcohol nursing.
  
• Previous private mental health hospital experience.
  
• Confidence in patient advocacy and communicating risks.
  

Benefits

• Permanent, full-time nursing positions (no casual or contract work).
  
• Salary aligned with experience under Level 1.4 RN classification.
  
• Convenient location - 2 mins walk from Hurstville Station.
  
• Discounted staff parking ($5/day).
  
• Opportunity to join a growing mental health hospital with expansion plans.
  

Note

This posting may be region-restricted.

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