Registered Psychiatric Nurse - Grade 3

• Location: Harvester Clinic (Sunshine)
• Employment Type: Full-Time, Ongoing
• Salary: RPN Grade 3 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging

About the role:

As part of a multidisciplinary team, the BASICS Key Clinician delivers outreach support to residents in aged care facilities experiencing serious mental illness and/or dementia. The role involves conducting comprehensive mental health assessments, providing evidence-based interventions, and working collaboratively with consumers, families, carers, and aged care staff to ensure coordinated, person-centred care. Demonstrating strong communication and clinical expertise, the Key Clinician contributes to team-based decision-making, offers secondary consultation, and supports the development of tailored care strategies to meet the complex needs of older adults.

Key responsibilities: 

• Engage in the provision of clinical care and participate in assessment, handover, clinical review and discharge planning
• Participate in discipline specific meetings and activities where indicated
• Engage with consumers and their families and carers and support their mental health needs as required.
• Provide evidenced based mental health and discipline specific interventions

About you: 

• Registration as a registered nurse under the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (2009) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• Bachelor’s degree in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent, or bachelor’s degree in nursing plus a Postgraduate qualification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
• Experience working in an older adult, adult or child and adolescent public mental health setting/s
• Demonstrated mental health assessment and intervention skills, including discipline specific interventions
• Demonstrated commitment to consumer centred and recovery-oriented care

Click here for the Position Description.

About Western Health 

Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage. 

We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women’s health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.  

We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia’s most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.

Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women’s prison located in Ravenhall. 

Why join us?

Compensation and benefits

• Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
• Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
• Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.

Learning and development opportunities

• Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
• Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education.
• Mentorship and career support.

Community impact and inclusion

• Make a meaningful difference in patients’ lives through compassionate care.
• Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion.
• Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research.

Organisational culture and environment

• Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate and innovative team environment.
• Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare.

Ready to make an impact? 

If you’re passionate about working with older adults in the community and want to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Simply click on the “apply” button and follow the prompts. 

If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.  

Closing date: 11:59pm on 8 May 2026.

Enquiries: For further information about this role, contact Susan Kindler on (03) 9057 4150. 

Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe. 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable). 

Western Health is committed to the psychosocial safety of all applicants and employees.

Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.

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