Mental Health Professionals

1 Full Time Position - Broken Hill

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia South Eastern Section provides comprehensive health services to rural and remote communities in far west NSW, SA and QLD.
Our Mental Health Program is undergoing a period of expansion that includes new Mental Health Nurse positions in both Dubbo and Broken Hill.

These new and exciting roles will work as part of our mental health and drug & alcohol team in conjunction with other RFDS medical staff and local health providers. The roles funded by the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) are to provide coordinated clinical care for people living with severe and complex mental illness during periods of significant disability.
The successful applicants will be Credentialed Mental Health Nurses, or will meet eligibility to apply for credentialing with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and will attain this as part of their terms of employment.

These positions will work in conjunction with the client's GP and/or Psychiatrist to inform, manage and review the client's needs. Other services the role will provide include targeted psycho social interventions, monitoring clients mental state and risk, managing client medication, conducting physical health assessment, provide support to family and carers and be able to make appropriate referrals to other health professionals or service providers.

This is an exciting and challenging role, if you have relevant tertiary qualifications, appropriate clinical experience and an interest in remote practice, we would love to hear from you.

Closing date 10th January

Please contact Vanessa Latham on 0417 030 217 if you have any queries.

Applications including 2 current references and copies of qualifications and registrations can be emailed to careers@rfdsse.org.au

Any published closing dates are estimated, the RFDS SE aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would there for advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible. The RFDS is An Equal Opportunity Employer