Virtual Mental Health Nurse Specialist (Grade 2)

NSW Health; Sydney; On-site; AUD 128,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive training

Rotating roster

Job summary

NSW Health is hiring for Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 in the Virtual Clinical Care Centre (VCCC) Mental Health TeamHub. The role focuses on advanced virtual mental health assessment, triage, crisis intervention, and care coordination for consumers accessing 000 with complex presentations.

You will work with NSW Ambulance clinicians, virtual psychiatry services and external providers to coordinate care, improve outcomes, and contribute to clinical governance within a state-of-the-art

Qualifications

• Advanced mental state examination, psychosocial and risk assessment.
• Crisis intervention and care coordination for complex or high-risk presentations.
• Communication and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced virtual mental health assessment and triage for 000 responses.
• Exercise advanced clinical judgement managing high-risk presentations.
• Act as a specialist mental health nursing resource to NSW Ambulance clinicians.
• Coordinate care with virtual psychiatry and external providers for continuity.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Triage

Crisis intervention

Care coordination

Clinical governance

Education

RN registration (AHPRA)

Mental Health Nursing qualifications

Job description

NSW Health is hiring for Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 in the Virtual Clinical Care Centre (VCCC) Mental Health TeamHub. The role focuses on advanced virtual mental health assessment, triage, crisis intervention, and care coordination for consumers accessing 000 with complex presentations.

You will work with NSW Ambulance clinicians, virtual psychiatry services and external providers to coordinate care, improve outcomes, and contribute to clinical governance within a state-of-the-art