Mental Health Registered Nurse

We hope you will join us and become one of the people who make Southern Cross Care WA an extraordinary place to be.

About the role and where you will be working:

As a Registered Nurse – Mental Health, you will provide specialist mental health nursing support across our residential care services, with a particular focus on supporting our High Dependency Units (HDUs) to deliver safe, high quality and person centred care.

You will work closely with residents, families and multidisciplinary teams to assess mental health needs, develop appropriate care strategies and support positive outcomes. An important part of your role will also be supporting our teams through education, coaching and practical guidance, building their confidence and capability in responding to complex mental health and psychosocial needs.

You will also support our High Dependency Units to operate in accordance with relevant Mental Health Commission and Aged Care licensing requirements and standards.

This is a permanent part time position, working across 2 sites:

• Frank Prendergast House in Success
• Margaret Hubery House in Rossmoyne

We’ll also be asking you to:

• Undertake comprehensive nursing and mental health assessments, including pre-admission triage, using appropriate evidence based assessment tools
• Support our High Dependency Units to maintain required licensing standards, regulations and clinical requirements
• Develop, implement and evaluate individualised care plans in collaboration with residents, their representatives and multidisciplinary care teams
• Provide safe and appropriate clinical nursing care, including responding to emergency situations and risks to resident safety
• Support residents and their representatives with appropriate information, education and guidance to promote informed decision-making and recovery focused care
• Provide education, coaching and practical guidance to staff on mental health, dementia related behaviours, trauma informed care, de-escalation strategies and person centred approaches
• Build staff capability and confidence in recognising and responding to residents with complex mental health and psychosocial needs
• Maintain accurate, timely and confidential clinical documentation and contribute to audits, resident consents and other quality and compliance activities

To be considered for this role, you’ll need:

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA
• Postgraduate qualifications in Mental Health Nursing (or equivalent experience)
• A minimum of 3+ years’ post registration nursing experience in Aged Care and Mental Health setting
• Demonstrated experience working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of Mental Health Commission requirements, Aged Care Standards and other relevant legislation and regulatory requirements
• Strong clinical assessment, critical thinking and decision making skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to educate, coach and support others
• The ability to exercise sound judgement, tact and discretion when managing complex and sensitive situations
• A current and valid full WA Driver’s Licence
• Provide First Aid and CPR Certificate 
• Ability to meet all mandatory employment requirements

Kindly note, if your application progresses to an interview, we’ll be asking for:

• National Police Clearance - current within 6 months (or evidence of application)
• A completed pre-employment health questionnaire
• Relevant qualifications

About us:

Established over 50 years ago, Southern Cross Care WA is a purpose-driven, not-for-profit organisation contributing to social, health and economic development in WA. We do this by enabling the delivery of integrated services in our community for the increasingly complex health, care and accommodation needs of our aging population and those living with mental illness.

Our dedicated and passionate team of around 900 employees and 130 volunteers, deliver care and services to over 3000 West Australians across our residential, retirement village, mental health, community housing and home care portfolio.

Our promise to our clients, residents and each other is to enable extraordinary because we;

Listen, Act, Do not give up, Work as one.

Southern Plus and Southern Cross Housing Ltd. are part of the Southern Cross Care WA Inc. Group.

Southern Cross Care WA is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We also acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work.

For more information on the services, we provide visit: scrosswa.org.au