• Full time, ongoing
• Based in Kew - Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre
• RPN Gr5 with over award allowance

We are seeking a dynamic, experienced mental health nurse to lead the team at Mary Guthrie House - a unique, statewide specialist neuropsychiatry unit. 

About Mary Guthrie House - Neuropsychiatry Unit 

Mary Guthrie House (also known as the Brain Disorders Unit) is a 30 bed unit providing slow stream recovery support to adults with an acquired brain injury (ABI) or neurodegenerative condition, and associated mental illness. The multidisciplinary team have a neuropsychiatric rehabilitation focus, working collaboratively with consumers (and their families/carers) to improve and maintain functional independence and to live their best life, as they define it. 

About the role

The Nurse Unit Manager works closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical and operational leadership to the multidisciplinary team. 

A regular day will see you:

• Supporting a dedicated and highly skilled clinical team
• Problem solving creatively to support safe, quality care provision
• Fostering positive team culture with a focus on best outcomes for consumers
• Navigating an interplay of interesting clinical, operational and systemic challenges
• Receiving responsive and timely support from the Divisional Manager and Clinical Director

About you

To be successful in this role you'll bring with you:

• A passion for ensuring consumers and carers are at the centre of care provision
• Motiviation to ensure practice aligns with contremporary mental health models 
• An appetite for expanding your clinicial leadership skills in a specialist service setting
• An intentional, reflective, collaborative approach to leadership
• Highly developed communciation skills

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day.  Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities
• Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options

Inclusion at Austin

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities.  We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.

Work with us!

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager.