Consultation Psychiatric Nurse
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service (CLP).
This team forms part of the Specialty Services Directorate of the Mental Health Division at Austin Health. CLP is a tri-disciplinary team made up of medical, nursing and psychology staff that provides expert mental health assessment and interventions to general hospital consumers with concurrent mental health conditions. It also provides expert mental health advice, education, and support to general hospital staff in the care of consumers with concurrent mental health conditions and on mental health related topics, projects, policy, guidelines, and service development.
About the role
An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic and highly experienced Consultation Liaison Psychiatric Nurse - RPN4 permanent part time.
The Psychiatric Liaison nurse is based at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre, Kew, and will provide mental health expertise, education, reflective practice to Mellor, ABI and Spinal Rehabilitation units.
A regular day will see you:
- Provide a senior clinical role within the consultation liaison team service providing interventions in relation to complex clinical issues that includes dual diagnosis and the development of clinical management plans for patients with concurrent medical morbidity.
- Lead others to develop skills in comprehensive care planning to maximise patient outcomes and achieve goals of care.
- Lead and advise in partnership with multidisciplinary team, to address abnormalities in assessment information in all clinical situations.
About you
You will be someone who has excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to excellence in consumer care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.
To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:
- Current Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Nurses must have a Post-Graduate Qualification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing or equivalent.
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Christina Lambros, Manager at Christina.LAMBROS@austin.org.au
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Monday 2 March 2026
