Registered Psychiatric Nurse

Barwon Health; Geelong; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Barwon Health’s McKellar Mental Health & Wellbeing Centre in Geelong seeks a Registered Psychiatric Nurse for part-time, 64 hours per fortnight. You’ll deliver recovery-focused psychiatric care to adults, work in a multidisciplinary team, and contribute to safety and quality in a modern inpatient facility.

Applicants should have acute mental health nursing experience, strong communication, and a commitment to ongoing CPD, supervision, and adherence to clinical standards.

Qualifications

• Registered Psychiatric Nurse with acute mental health experience.
• Strong communication and collaboration within multidisciplinary teams.
• Commitment to CPD, supervision, and clinical standards (AHPRA CPD).

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, recovery-oriented psychiatric nursing care within a multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and participate in reviews, handovers, and therapy programs.
• Engage with consumers, families and carers to support continuity of care.

Skills

Acute mental health experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor of Nursing (RN)

Job description

• Advance your career in a thriving service with strong support structures
• Develop your clinical skills at Victoria’s largest regional healthcare provider
• Permanant | Part time | 64 hours per fortnight

About the role

This role is located at The McKellar Mental Health & Wellbeing Centre (MH&WBC), a modern, purpose-built acute inpatient mental health facility located within Barwon Health’s McKellar Centre precinct. The service provides high-quality, recovery-oriented care for adults experiencing acute mental health challenges, with a strong focus on safety, engagement, and collaborative treatment planning. Our multidisciplinary team works closely with consumers, families, carers, and community supports to promotestabilisation, wellbeing, and transition back to the community.

Your primary responsibility is to provide high quality, best practice direct delivery of psychiatric treatment and care to consumers (50+) as part of a multidisciplinary team which operates within a holistic recovery-based model.

We are seeking registered psychiatric nurses with:

• Experience in the complexities of working in Acute Mental Health
• A genuine interest in delivering recovery oriented, consumer centred delivery of care.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to function as a member of the multidisciplinary team

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, recovery-oriented psychiatric nursing care, including comprehensive mental state assessments, risk-informed care planning, and evidence-based interventions within a multidisciplinary team
• Maintain accurate, compliant clinical documentation and actively participate in clinical reviews, handovers, therapy programs, and family/carer engagement to support continuity of care
• Contribute to service quality and safety through adherence to clinical standards, participation in quality improvement activities, incident reporting (RiskMan), and alignment with National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

What We Are Looking For

• A Registered Psychiatric Nurse who demonstrates strong clinical capability in acute mental health, including risk assessment, care planning, and delivery of evidence-based interventions
• A collaborative practitioner with well-developed communication skills, able to work effectively within multidisciplinary teams and engage consumers, families, and carers
• A professional committed to continuous learning, compliance, and reflective practice, including meeting AHPRA CPD requirements, participating in supervision, and adhering to policies, legislation, and clinical standards

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.

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.

Additional information

If you need adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact us at ************@barwonhealth.org.au

All appointments are subject to:

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