Registered Psychiatric Nurse (Bank)

Bayside Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 83,000 - 103,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging & novated leasing

Onsite car & bike parking

Fitness Passport membership

ProSport pre-tax memberships

Childcare services

Job summary

Bayside Health seeks motivated psychiatric registered nurses for casual Nurse Bank shifts across our bed-based services, including acute psychiatric units. Roles include direct patient care, risk and mental state assessments, and care planning, with flexible shifts across Alfred Health sites in Melbourne.

Unrestricted nursing registration and psychiatric nursing experience are essential. Onsite parking, pre-tax benefits, and fitness and childcare facilities are available to support staff

Qualifications

• Unrestricted registration as a Nurse with the relevant professional body.
• Psychiatric nursing experience, particularly in acute or community settings.
• Strong teamwork and patient-centred care focus.

Responsibilities

• Direct patient care across bed-based services and units.
• Risk assessment, mental state assessment, and care planning.
• Consultation and liaison with patients, families and other professionals.
• Support clinical recovery and minimise barriers to care.

Skills

Nurse Registration

Mental Health Experience

Team Collaboration

Communication Skills

Job description

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• Casual positions available - Nurse Bank
• RegisteredPsychiatric Nurse Grade 2 Classification (NP11-NP70)

About Us

Alfred Psychiatry is a recognised industry leader in acute and community psychiatric care, with a State-wide Psychiatric ICU. The Nursing Workforce Department comprises The Workforce Unit and Staffing Allocations. We provide supplementary staff to Alfred, Caulfield and Sandringham sites when required due to increased service demand or shortfall in staffing requirements. The service provides advanced and just-in-time bookings (short-notice shift replacement). The team recruits and hires both casual and permanent staff for bank and pool for the purpose of advanced and short-notice bookings, short-term contracts and permanent placement of Bank and Pool staff. We develop strategies to maximise retention of the Bank and Pool Staff. We develop and monitor the orientation and ongoing educational programs of the Bank and Pool staff. We work in close collaboration with numerous departments and the staff that are provided by this service includes General, Theatre Nurses, Psychiatric and Enrolled nurses, Clerical staff and Patient Attendants. The staff can be provided via various contractual arrangements including permanent part-time (Pool) and casual (Bank).

The Role

We are seeking motivated psychiatric registered nurses looking for the opportunity to work across various our bed-based services, including our acute psychiatric unit based at the Alfred site. Flexibility and availability for shifts across the different settings will be highly valued.
Nurses will be employed within the Nurse Bank of Alfred Health, and will work either in the Acute In-Patient Psychiatric Unit (based at The Alfred Hospital) and the Residential Rehabilitation (Community Care Unit located in St Kilda) or may from time to time provide psychiatric nurse specialising to patients admitted to the medical /surgical wards of Alfred Health on a casual basis.
This is a direct patient care role involving risk assessment, mental state assessment, and care planning, as well as consultation, liaison and negotiation with patients, carers, family members, and other professionals.
The single most important goal of Alfred Psychiatry is to create an environment that facilitates clinical recovery, supports individual recovery efforts and strives to minimise service system barriers to the recovery process.

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Unrestricted registration as a Nurse through the relevant professional body.
• A psychiatric nurse who has previously demonstrated extensive experience in mental health.
• Motivatedand enjoys the challenge of working in a team environment.
• A strong understanding and background in Patient-Centred care.
• Able to maintain a high level of communication with patients, staff and visitors.
• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Onsite car & bike parking opportunities, deducted pre-tax!! *subject to availability
• Access for you and your family to an extensive network of health and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport membership
• Enjoy excellent onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred via ProSport(pre-tax memberships)
• Childcare services at The Alfred managed by KU Children’s Services

If applicable, please specify specific requirements that you require in your cover letter or CV.

For further information, please contact Shiera Baladad at *********@alfred.org.au

Applications close at 11:00pm AEDT Friday, 13 November 2026.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.