Outpatients RCC - Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 4

Clinical Coordinator

Ravenhall Correctional Centre - Outpatient Program

Grade: RPN4

Location: Ravenhall Correctional Centre

Permanent Full time 

Salary $124,914 -$134,523 + benefits + salary packing + super

Are you ready to take the next step in your career, expand your leadership capabilities, and make a meaningful impact within a dynamic mental health service?

We are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated, and experienced clinician to join the Ravenhall Correctional Centre Outpatient Program as a Permanent Full-Time Clinical Coordinator.

This is an exciting opportunity for a clinician who is passionate about leadership, service excellence, and team development. In this role, you will play a key part in coordinating daily operations, supporting staff, facilitating high-quality clinical care, and contributing to the ongoing growth and improvement of our outpatient service.

As a Clinical Coordinator, you will work alongside a skilled multidisciplinary team in a fast-paced and rewarding environment, where no two days are the same. You will have the opportunity to influence service delivery, mentor staff, and help shape positive outcomes for both consumers and the broader team.

Position objective

• The Clinical Coordinator roles within the FMH Units provides overarching support for the operational functioning of each Unit. The Clinical Coordinator will ensure the Unit(s) structures and practices align with the Ravenhall Charter, ensuring service integration and fidelity to the vision, mission, values and principles of the Charter.
• The Clinical Coordinator is responsible for providing the multidisciplinary team (MDT) with support in relation to the development, implementation and evaluation of quality initiatives. The Clinical Coordinator will also be responsible for the allocation of patients to care coordination streams, including allocation to specific Key Nurses/Clinicians taking into account the individual patient needs, the strengths of each staff member, and the patient cohort within each stream.
• The Clinical Coordinator will have a pivotal role in the establishment and maintenance of a high quality standard of clinical care, and ensure practices are in alignment with the National Safety and Quality Health Standards, National Standards for Mental Health Services, Justice Health Quality Framework Standards and the Correctional Management Standards for Men’s Prisons in Victoria.
• The position is also responsible for providing nursing staff on the Unit with supervision and support, and ensuring a high standard of Unit based interagency engagement with GEO Prison and Clinical staff, Correct Care Australasia staff and Alliance Partners.
• The Clinical Coordinator will work closely with the FMH Triage and Referral Coordinator and the Prison Access Flow Coordinator to determine the priority and timing of each admission to the Unit.

What you'll gain

• Valuable leadership and management experience within a specialised mental health service
• Exposure to operational and clinical coordination responsibilities
• Opportunities to develop advanced decision-making, problem-solving, and people management skills
• Experience leading and supporting a multidisciplinary team
• Professional growth through involvement in service development and quality improvement initiatives
• The ability to make a genuine difference in the delivery of mental health care within a unique correctional setting
• Ongoing support from experienced leaders and a collaborative management team

We are looking for someone who:

• Is proactive, reliable, and highly organised
• Demonstrates excellent communication, interpersonal, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Has the ability to lead, motivate, and support staff in a busy clinical environment
• Displays sound clinical judgement and decision-making skills
• Is committed to continuous improvement and delivering high-quality care
• Brings a positive attitude and solution-focused approach to challenges
• Is keen to further develop their leadership skills and take on new responsibilities
• Values teamwork, collaboration, and fostering a positive workplace culture

Why join us?

This role offers an excellent opportunity to broaden your leadership experience, contribute to a high-performing team, and play an instrumental role in supporting the delivery of safe, effective, and consumer-focused mental health care. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding position where you can grow professionally while making a lasting impact, we encourage you to apply.

*Please Note - Applications will be reviewed and interviewed as they are received. Advertising may close earlier than indicated.

• A culture where people matter.
• Excellent supervision and investment in the skill development of all our team members.
• Well defined career pathways existing across our Directorates with multi-disciplined Teams.
• Salary Packaging Options available – Mortgage, Rent, Car, Expenses
• A leading, multi-faceted approach to safety, with unparalleled strategic, practical, individualised and team-based supports to minimise risks and fear and maximise safety and security, underpinned by our workplace health and safety strategy.
• Celebration and reward for good performance, through employee recognition.
• Access to an employee assistance program – an external, confidential, self-referral employee wellbeing program, for personal or work-related matters.
• A mental health and wellbeing program providing psychological, peer support and critical incidence response programs.

Eligibility

• Influenza and Immunisation Evidence
• This position is subject to a Police Check

Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Forensicare promotes our guiding principles of RESPONSIVENESS, INTEGRITY, IMPARTIALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, LEADERSHIP, HUMAN RIGHTS; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.