Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery

Location: Barwon South West - Greater Geelong

Reference: 9099

- Extend your career with one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive regional health services
- Work in a new facility with ample parking and easy access from Melbourne
- Enjoy ongoing training and career development in a supportive work environment
- Fantastic permanent part-time opportunity available (56 hours per fortnight)

- Extend your career with one of Australia’s largest and most comprehensive regional health services
- Work in a new facility with ample parking and easy access from Melbourne
- Enjoy ongoing training and career development in a supportive work workplace
- Fantastic permanent part-time chance available (56 hours per fortnight)

About the Role

Are you an experienced Registered Psychiatric Nurse looking to take the next step in your career?

Join the McKellar Mental Health and Wellbeing Unit as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) and play a key role in supporting the delivery of high-quality, recovery-focused care within an acute mental health environment. You’ll provide clinical leadership, coordinate shifts and support the nursing team to deliver safe and effective care to consumers

Key responsibilities

- Provide clinical leadership and coordinate the day-to-day operation of the unit
- Provide assessment, treatment and ongoing care to consumers experiencing serious mental illness
- Support and supervise nursing staff, including during shift coordination and night duty rotations
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team, consumers, families, carers and external services
- Contribute to clinical education, quality improvement, risk management and best-practice mental health care

What we’re looking for

- Registered Nurse Division 1 with current AHPRA registration
- Postgraduate qualification in psychiatric/mental health nursing or specialist undergraduate psychiatric nursing qualification




- Minimum 2 years’ full-time experience in adult psychiatry as a psychiatric nurse
- Experience working in an acute psychiatric setting and strong clinical skills in managing people with major mental illness
- Sound knowledge of the Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and contemporary recovery-oriented mental health practice
- Excellent communication, leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environmen

About Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS)

MHDAS provides integrated and recovery oriented mental health, drugs and alcohol assessment, treatment and community support to people of all ages within the Barwon region experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health and drug & alcohol issues, and their families.

Our service is internationally recognised for its innovative clinical programs and integrated models of practice that are client centred, accessible and family inclusive.We are fortunate to enjoy terrific internal relationships and have developed excellent partnerships with the local community that provide for seamless integrated care for our clients.

MHDAS is entering a new phase of co-design of our service system with people who access our services and our wider community.This will build on our nationally recognized unique cultural approach to the challenges of recovery oriented service delivery to redesign our service system.

Barwon Heath’s Mental Health Drugs & Alcohol Services





Barwon Health’s Mental Health Drugs & Alcohol Services are actively building upon our nationally recognised reputation for innovative clinical programs and integrated models of practice that are consumer centred, accessible and family inclusive. In response to the Royal Commission, a 16 bed Older Adult Acute Mental Health is nearing completion in North Geelong.

This new purpose built facility has a co-designed model of care that is recovery oriented and trauma informed. It will provide clinical inpatient care for consumers aged 50 years+ with acute and sub-acute needs, with onsite facilities for outpatient appointments.

Position Description

Please note Barwon Health will only contact you via our official email and never use unconventional means, such as text messaging or other services.

Barwon Health staff benefits

- Excellent working conditions and a strong sense of job satisfaction
- A vibrant staff wellbeing program and access to our 24/7 Employee Assistance Program
- Extensive professional development opportunities
- Attractive salary packaging benefits
- Living expenses capped at $9,010
- Meals and entertainment capped at $2,650

Diversity and inclusion

Barwon Health is an inclusive and welcoming employer, committed to reflecting the diverse communities we serve. We value and celebrate people of all genders, sexual orientations, cultural backgrounds, faiths, abilities, family structures, and identities, and encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and members of the LGBTIQA+ community.

Child safety

We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. For further information on the Victorian Government’s Child Safe Standards

Additional information

If you need adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at

All appointments are subject to:

- Satisfactory Police Record Check
- Immunisation Status Clearance
- Working with Children Check (if applicable)

Applications close Friday 18 September 2026 at 11.59pm

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📌 Associate Nurse Unit ManagerMcKellar Mental Health & Wellbeing Unit (North Geelong)
🏢 State Government Of Victoria, Australia
📍 North Geelong