Mental Health Nurse

4 weeks ago

Lara, Australia Geo Healthcare Full time

Opportunities for Mental Health Nurses. 

Generous Leave and Professional Development Benefits.

About the roles

Primary Mental Health Nurses employed by GEO Healthcare work to deliver high quality Mental Health care to men in Victoria’s public prisons.

The Primary Mental Health Nurse delivers mental health services which enhances and promotes the health of people in prison through evidenced base, comprehensive and professional nursing care within a prison setting and to assist in the prevention and management of people in prison who are at risk of self-harm or suicide.

Opportunities exist for part-time 0.6 employment.

 Mental health Nursing Staff will be employed under the terms of an Enterprise Agreement. Terms and conditions provided by this Agreement include:

  • Competitive Shift and Weekend Allowances.
  • Generous annual leave, long service leave and ‘continuing professional development’ leave benefits.

For more information on this role, including more details regarding the key accountabilities, please click the appropriate link below:

  • Mental Health Nurse position description.

Skills and Experience:

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential:

  • Professional qualifications in Mental Health; a minimum of 12 months experience working in mental health over the previous 3 years; and the ability to work unsupervised in the delivery of primary mental health services.
  • Provides primary mental health nursing services to people in prison.
  • Undertakes At Risk assessments, within the specified timeframe, for people in prison who have been identified as at risk of self harm or suicide
  • Undertakes primary mental health nurse clinics, where patients are assessed, treatment plans are reviewed and ongoing care is discussed with the patient.
  • Provides a primary mental health consultancy service for primary health nursing staff and other service providers.
  • Participates in clinical handover meetings within the health team.
  • Documents all patient occasions of service, declining of services, non-attendance and, appointment scheduling in the electronic medical record (EMR) and maintains confidentiality of health records.
  • Documents occasions of service in the approved format.
  • Work collaboratively with the Forensic Mental Health (FMH) Service Provider in the assessment and management of a mental health patient who may be deteriorating and/or have complex mental health issues.
  • Refer patients to the FMH service for specialist assessment and review which includes managing the waitlist for the FMH outreach service at designated GEO Healthcare locations.

Other Requirements of the role:

  • Valid Australian driver’s licence.
  • Ability to work within a prison setting, which will involve direct contact with people in prison associated with the delivery of healthcare.
  • Satisfactory completion of a National Criminal History Check.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.
  • Working outside of ordinary business hours may be required.

About GEO Healthcare

GEO Healthcare employs highly skilled multidisciplinary teams of healthcare practitioners to ensure people in prison can access and receive the healthcare services they need.

GEO Healthcare is a subsidiary of The GEO Group Australia Pty Ltd – a company providing correctional and healthcare services in Australia for over 30 years.

We are looking for qualified people to join our company who share the company Values: Understanding, Respect, Accountability, Teamwork, Excellence.

Working at GEO Healthcare you will benefit from:

  • An opportunity to work in a progressive service delivery environment
  • Career opportunities, professional development and progression
  • Access to our confidential Employee Assistance Program
  • Many other employee (and family) benefits.

For further information on our organisation please visit geogroup.com.au/geohealthcare 

How to Apply:

To apply, we ask that you complete short questionnaire and attach a cover letter current resume and immunisation history.

To obtain further information about the application and recruitment process, please contact Charity Stewart on charity.stewart@geougroup.com.au or via email geohealthcare@geogroup.com.au

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People with diverse backgrounds and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply.

We are always looking for people to join or company who share the values that we stand for:  

UNDERSTANDING          RESPECT         ACCOUNTABLE       TEAMWORK         EXCELLENCE

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