Youth Mental Health Nurse — 18‑Month Specialist Practice Path

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 56,000 - 76,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to 11,600 tax free

EAP and wellbeing programs

Flexible working arrangements

Remote work options where possible

Job summary

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service in Footscray, VIC, is recruiting a Registered Nurse to join an 18-month Transition to Specialty Practice Program focused on youth mental health. The role provides structured learning, clinical supervision, and a diploma pathway, with placements in the acute inpatient unit or Hospital in the Home and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

This part-time 0.8 EFT position offers salary packaging options up to 11,600 tax-free, access to EAP

Qualifications

• RN with experience in clinical nursing
• Interest in youth mental health
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Responsibilities

• Deliver recovery-focused care to youth in the inpatient unit or Hospital in the Home
• Consolidate advanced mental health nursing knowledge in daily practice
• Participate in the 18‑month Transition to Specialty Practice Program with supervision and development
• Collaborate with clinicians and lived experience workforce to plan and implement care
• Contribute to quality improvement and best-practice mental health care
• Support young people and families in understanding and participating in care decisions

Skills

Clinical nursing

Youth mental health care

Team collaboration

Job description

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service in Footscray, VIC, is recruiting a Registered Nurse to join an 18-month Transition to Specialty Practice Program focused on youth mental health. The role provides structured learning, clinical supervision, and a diploma pathway, with placements in the acute inpatient unit or Hospital in the Home and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

This part-time 0.8 EFT position offers salary packaging options up to 11,600 tax-free, access to EAP