Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Consultant - Community
Ballarat Central, VIC, AU, 3350
$65.69 per hour + salary packaging & super | RPN Grade 5 (NP5) | Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Consultant - Community
Permanent Full Time - 80 hours per fortnight including a monthly ADO
About the Role
The Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) leads education, training and professional development across community mental health programs. The role supports evidence-based, recovery-focused and family inclusive nursing practice through strong clinical leadership. You will collaborate closely with Team Leaders and educators to build workforce capability and support high quality consumer outcomes.
Core duties
• Lead education and professional development activities
• Provide expert clinical consultancy to teams
• Support recovery-focused, best practice care
• Mentor junior and early career nursing staff
• Strengthen quality, safety and clinical standards
Key Responsibilities
• Provide clinical advice to Team Leaders in community settings
• Develop, deliver and evaluate education and training programs
• Mentor staff and model professional nursing practice
• Support quality improvement and safer care initiatives
• Coordinate clinical supervision and workforce development
• Lead graduate and postgraduate nursing programs
Skills & Experience
• Registration as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse with AHPRA
• Postgraduate qualification in mental health nursing
• Advanced knowledge of MHA 2022 and recovery frameworks
• Strong clinical leadership and mentoring capability
• Experience working in community mental health services
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Interested?
Click APPLY or, if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Peter Osmond on 0418 517 062 for a confidential discussion.
We’re actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close once the position is filled.
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Culture & Benefits
At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Access to Fitness Passport membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs
About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell.
Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.
Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.
All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.
Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.
We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.
