Mental Health Bed Access and Flow Manager

Reference Number
- 55673
- Employment Type
- Full Time Ongoing
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- Mental Health Program
- Location
- Dandenong Hospital, Kingston Centre, Cheltenham Vic, Casey Hospital, Monash Medical Centre Clayton
- Position Summary
- Monash Health Mental Health Program
- Mental Health Bed Flow and Access Manager
- Registered Psychiatric Nurse

Monash Health is excited to be advertsing for a Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse to fill the Mental Health Bed Flow and Access Manager position for our Mental Health Program.

The Mental Health Bed Flow and Access Manager is integral to the daily business of the Mental Health Program, coordinating and improving our patients access and flow within the organisation.
- This is a Leadership role within the Mental Health Program
- Plays an key role in supporting the efficient management of Mental Health bed access and flow for our consumers
- Professional and Leadership development opportunities available

**Monash Health Mental Health Program**

Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria. Monash, employing over 22,000 people across a range of specialities.

Our Mental Health Program is the largest in Victoria, and will continue to grow, provding a variety of mental health services, for consumers across the life span.

**About The Role**

As the Mental Health Patient Bed Flow and Access Manager, you are responsible for coordinating and improving effective patient care for our consumer across Monash Health, ensuring the operations for our patient access and flow systems and process are optimal to meet capacity and demand. As the Bed Flow and access Manager you will also be required to engage, colloborate and partner with external public and private Mental Health Services and other relevant stakeholders.

This is a full time - Monday - Friday role working across the Mental Health Program.

**About You**

You have been developing your management and leadership skills, have excetional orgniational and digital skills, are an excellent communicator and are ready to take this next step in your Career. You are a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse with a minimum of 5 years expereince. You lead by example and thrive working in a dynamic, fast paced environment. You are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of quality services to our consumenrs and their families. You are an advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles

**You Are Also**
- committed to a leadership & mentoring role
- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- committed to delivering patient centred care & a patient advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively
- excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence

**What You Need**
- Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Demonstrated experience (aligned to positon description noting reference to years of experience)
- Current AHPRA registration
- Victorian Drivers Liscense
- Australian working rights

**What We Offer**
- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
- mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite staff car parking, a uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
- Selection Criteria
- Registered Psychiatric Nurse holder of a sole qualification in Mental Health Nursing or Is a Registered nurse who has a Post Graduate Diploma In Mental Health Nursing with 5 years post qualification experience as a mental health nurse
- Contact Person
- Name
Position
Phone
- **Paula Hakesley**

**General Manager**

**97827518**
- Tracey Harmer
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