This position qualifies for incentives under the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme, including up to $10,000 sign on incentive, and up to $5,000 each year (incentive value dependent on full-time equivalent, position and location). Find out more here Position Title: Enrolled Nurse, Older Person's Mental Health
Employment Type: Full Time, Part Time and Casual opportunities available
Position Classification: Enrolled Nurse
Remuneration: $63,130.85 - $68,599.17 per annum, pro rata (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Location: Yathong Lodge, Wagga Wagga
Incentives : up to $10k to join us and up to $5k for each year of service after.
Applications Close: 22 November 2024
More than just nursing. Are you a passionate health professional with an interest in providing acute Mental Health support to people aged over 65? Come and join the Team. What are you waiting for?
With various opportunities available, you can embrace the stability and growth of a full-time role, tailor your lifestyle to achieve the perfect work-life balance with our part-time opportunities, or experience versatility with our casual opportunities. The choice is yours.
About the Role: As an Enrolled Nurse in our Older Person's Mental Health Team, you will assist in the provision of a broad range of structured activities and programs designed to support our consumers. You will work with others in a collaborative and supportive team in providing quality clinical services to mental health consumers, their families and carers.
In this role you will work in our Transitional Behavioural Assessment and Intervention Service (T – BASIS) located in Wagga Wagga. This is an 8 bed unit which provides multidisciplinary assessment, care planning and intensive treatment for older people with severe behavioural disturbance associated with dementia and / or mental illness.
The Older Persons Mental Health services include: Multidisciplinary community services Acute and non-acute inpatient units/services Community OPMH partnership services, including residential aged care services, and programs. Experience Required :
Current AHPRA registration as an Enrolled Nurse Demonstrated experience in/or knowledge of the complexities and challenges involved in caring for consumers within the Mental Health acute unit for older persons unit (SMHSOPs) and the transitional behavioural assessment and intervention service (TBASIS) unit. Understanding of the concept and principles of mental health recovery and commitment to implementing a strengths based model of care designed to facilitate consumer recovery. Find out more about this role, review the position description here.
What MLHD can offer you: This position qualifies for incentives under the NSW Rural Health Workforce Incentive Scheme Attractive Remuneration: $63,130.85 - $68,599.17 per annum, pro rata (+ super + 17.5% leave loading where applicable) Salary Packaging: Up to $20,600 per annum tax-free for living expenses, plus novated leasing for a new car! Health and Wellbeing: Comprehensive health and wellness programs for you and your family, employee assistance programs (EAP), and support for mental and physical wellbeing. Click here to learn more about why you should choose Murrumbidgee LHD for your next role.
How to Apply: Ready to take on this rewarding opportunity and make a difference? Submit your application online today!
Your application will require you to include a cover letter, resume and complete the selection criteria questions.
Need more information? Contact Nikki Sellick, Nurse Unit Manager - Older Person's Mental Health on 02 5943 2707 or to arrange a confidential discussion.
MLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic, or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.
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