Registered Nurse - Community Mental Health

Job Description Registered Nurse - Mental Health Hospital in the Home (HITH) - Sponsorship Available

Location Melbourne, Victoria

Salary $108,000 - $120,000 per annum + Super

Employment Type Full Time

Be a foundational member of a new and creative Hospital in the Home (HITH) service model for Mental Health, launching in early 2026 in Melbourne. This is an exciting opportunity to deliver acute, recovery‑oriented mental health care in the community, providing an alternative to traditional inpatient admission.

As an experienced Registered Nurse (Mental Health), you will work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to provide intensive, high‑quality, evidence‑based care directly to consumers in their homes and community settings. Your work will be crucial in supporting consumers through acute mental health crises, promoting recovery, and preventing relapse within their usual environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Clinical Care & Case Management: Deliver advanced, person‑centred, and recovery‑oriented mental health nursing care in the home setting.
- Comprehensive Assessment & Risk Management: Conduct comprehensive mental state and psychosocial assessments, formulate clinical risk assessments, and develop robust, individualized crisis and relapse prevention plans in collaboration with the consumer and their family/carers.
- Therapeutic Interventions: Provide a range of evidence‑based therapeutic interventions, including psychoeducation, medication management, and supportive counselling.
- Physical Health Monitoring: Conduct physical health assessments and observations, monitor the physical effects of mental illness and psychotropic medications,



and liaise with General Practitioners and other health providers.
- Crisis Intervention: Provide timely and effective crisis intervention and support, facilitating admissions to inpatient or residential settings only when clinically indicated and necessary.
- Care Coordination: Actively contribute to seamless care coordination, discharge planning, and effective linkage with community supports and continuing care services.
- Documentation & Compliance: Maintain accurate, timely, and contemporaneous clinical documentation in the electronic medical record system, ensuring practice adheres to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and relevant clinical standards.
- Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (e.g., Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Peer Workers) to ensure holistic and coordinated care.

Selection Criteria

- Current registration as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Postgraduate qualifications in Mental Health Nursing (or equivalent recognised specialisation).
- Domestic Candidates: Minimum of three (3) years full‑time equivalent experience in acute, community, or crisis intervention mental health settings.
- International Candidates: Minimum of four (4) years full‑time equivalent experience in acute,



community, or crisis intervention mental health settings; UK, Ireland and NZ experienced highly regarded.
- Driver's License.

Knowledge & Skills

- Advanced Clinical Skills: Demonstrated advanced skills in mental health assessment, comprehensive risk assessment, and clinical risk management.
- Therapeutic Engagement: Exceptional ability to establish and maintain goal‑directed therapeutic relationships with consumers from diverse backgrounds, including strong communication and de‑escalation skills.
- Autonomy & Teamwork: Proven ability to work safely and effectively both autonomously in the community setting and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Quality & Safety: Commitment to quality improvement, clinical governance, and continuous career development.

About the Role

As Team Leader in Aged Mental Health, you will play a key role in leading a passionate multidisciplinary team to deliver high‑quality, recovery‑focused mental health care for older adults. You will combine strong clinical leadership with people leadership, supporting your team to thrive while building collaborative partnerships across health services, aged care and the broader community. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to consumers and their carers by promoting independence, wellbeing, continuity of care and positive outcomes across the mental health and aged care continuum.

- Provide inspiring day‑to‑day leadership, clinical guidance and mentoring to a multidisciplinary team, fostering a supportive, collaborative and high‑performing team culture.
- Oversee the delivery of person‑ce

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