Senior Mental Health Nurse

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Senior Mental Health Nurse role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Mental Health Services team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive.

Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) is looking for Senior Mental Health Nurse to join our growing team on a Full-time (1.0 EFT) ongoing basis.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Senior Mental Health Nurse is:

• Provide strategic, operational and clinical leadership across mental health services, supporting excellence in care and workforce capability.
• Lead and mentor Advanced Practice Nurses and clinical teams, fostering professional growth, supervision, and integration within multidisciplinary services.
• Oversee and advance nursing education, workforce development and research strategies to build capability and embed evidence-based practice.
• Ensure robust clinical governance, compliance with accreditation standards, and delivery of safe, person-centred trauma-informed care.
• Drive service improvement initiatives, quality outcomes and innovative ideas model of care in line with organisational priorities and national reforms.
• Collaborate with executive leaders, clinical directors and external partners to strengthen service delivery and consumer outcomes.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Current registration as a Division 1 Registered Nurse with postgraduate qualifications in mental health nursing.
• Master's level qualifications and a minimum of 5 years' experience in a senior nursing role.
• Advanced leadership skills with demonstrated ability to lead teams, influence service delivery, and drive workforce development.
• Strong clinical expertise with a commitment to recovery-orientated, evidence-based and person-centred care.
• Proven ability to contribute to education, research, quality improvement, and service reform within complex health systems.
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to engage effectively across multidisciplinary teams and external stakeholders.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Mike Gatsi, Executive Director Mental Health via email: for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email:

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications close: 30th September 2025

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Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.