
Endorsed Enrolled Nurse - Mental Health
- Victoria
- Permanent
- Full-time
Employment Type: On Going Full Time (FT)
Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)About Northern Health:As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD (still within the bounds of Myki and ride-sharing), Melbourne's North is fastAbout Northern Health:Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.Services are provided through our five main campuses:Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.About Mental Health Division:Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.About the Role:An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic experienced Endorsed Enrolled Nurse (EEN) to join the Broadmeadows Older Adults Mental Health Unit (BOAMHU) team.BOAMHU is a 19 bed Inpatient Unit providing multidisciplinary treatment to Older Adult mental health consumers in the northern area.The EEN role is pivotal to our Multi-disciplinary team who strive to deliver excellent care to our consumers and their families.The EEN will uphold clinical standards to achieve a high quality and evidence-based nursing care within their scope of practice.At BOAMHU we will welcome you as part of a caring and innovative multidisciplinary team to work with our older adults presenting with acute mental health needs.Endorsed Enrolled Nurse - Mental Health (Full Time) - 80hrs per fortnight (1.0 EFT)As a team we are passionate about the work we do to achieve our goals and excellent care outcomes.To be successful in this role you will have:
- Registration as an Endorsed Enrolled Nurse under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.
- Demonstrated working experience in acute mental health settings.
- Positive team player with excellent clinical and interpersonal skills
- Health and Wellbeing programs, including our new 'Thrive' program
- Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
- An inclusive and culturally safe space
- Access to salary packaging, EAP, our online library and onsite car parking