Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – Community Care Lead

Department of Health Tasmania; Sydney; On-site; AUD 134,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible work arrangements

Comprehensive employee benefits

Ongoing training opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

Department of Health Tasmania is seeking a leading Nurse Practitioner in Adult Mental Health Services to oversee 3 small acute community-based services offering triage, assessment and brief interventions. You will work with emergency services and GPs to implement trauma‑informed treatment plans that promote recovery and wellbeing.

The role includes clinical leadership, on-site and on-call responsibilities, and a strong commitment to professional development, flexible work arrangements and

Qualifications

• Current registration as a Registered Nurse with endorsement to practice as a Nurse Practitioner (AHPRA).
• Master Nurse Practitioner with specialisation in mental health.
• Postgraduate qualifications in mental health or psychiatric nursing.
• Significant experience working with all ages across the lifespan experiencing mental health concerns.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Commitment to person centred care and recovery principles.
• Ability to work independently while contributing to team goals.

Responsibilities

• Integrating contemporary information and evidence with experience to support decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis.
• Applying and sharing expert clinical knowledge to improve the consumer’s care.
• Conducting comprehensive mental health assessments.
• Initiating and interpreting diagnostic pathology and/or radiology.
• Initiating short and medium‑term psychotherapies and other treatments including psychotropic and other medications.
• Clinically managing consumers either directly or by delegation, including admitting and discharging from clinical settings.
• Communicating and developing treatment, safety, and management plans in collaboration with consumers, other health care team members and General Practitioners.
• Contributing clinical expertise to learning environments, including capability development and post registration clinical teaching.
• Operational management

Skills

Registered Nurse with NP endorsement

Master Nurse Practitioner in mental健康

Postgraduate qualifications in mental/

Education

Master Nurse Practitioner with specialisation in mental health

Postgraduate qualifications in mental health or psychiatric nursing

Job description

Department of Health Tasmania is seeking a leading Nurse Practitioner in Adult Mental Health Services to oversee 3 small acute community-based services offering triage, assessment and brief interventions. You will work with emergency services and GPs to implement trauma‑informed treatment plans that promote recovery and wellbeing.

The role includes clinical leadership, on-site and on-call responsibilities, and a strong commitment to professional development, flexible work arrangements and