Registered Psychiatric Nurse
Registered Psychiatric Nurse
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Latrobe Regional Health is a leading provider of health care services across the Gippsland Region
About the role
Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Registered Psychiatric Nurse role in a leading regional hospital? Join our Mental Health Services team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive.
Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Registered Psychiatric Nurse to join our growing team on a Part Time 0.6EFT ongoing basis.
We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Psychiatric Nurse to join our Mental Health Services team. In this role, you will provide high-quality, recovery-oriented mental health care within an inpatient setting, supporting consumers through assessment, treatment, care planning, and discharge. Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, you will promote safe, person-centred care and contribute to positive clinical outcomes for consumers and their families.
Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service
The role of the Registered Psychiatric Nurse is to:
- Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments, risk assessments, and develop, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans in collaboration with consumers and the multidisciplinary team.
- Deliver evidence-based mental health nursing care, including monitoring mental and physical health, medication management, and psychoeducation.
- Support consumers, carers, and families through recovery-focused care, discharge planning, and ongoing treatment reviews.
- Facilitate therapeutic interventions, including group programs, daily living skills activities, and psychoeducational sessions.
- Respond effectively to psychiatric and medical emergencies while ensuring adherence to relevant legislation, policies, and clinical standards.
- Provide leadership and support to enrolled nurses, students, and new staff through supervision, guidance, orientation, and clinical role modelling.
About you
Ideal candidates for this role will have:
- Registered Nurse (Division 1 or Division 3) with current AHPRA registration and relevant mental health qualifications and/or experience.
- Demonstrated experience in mental health nursing, including assessment, care planning, risk management, and therapeutic interventions.
- Strong knowledge of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, National Standards for Mental Health Services, and contemporary recovery-oriented practice.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build therapeutic relationships with consumers, families, and colleagues.
- Able to work effectively both independently and within a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic clinical environment.
- Committed to delivering compassionate, person-centred care and continuously improving clinical practice and patient outcomes.
Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:
- Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
- Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
- Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
- A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
- Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
- Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.
Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Nicole Erskine, Nurse Unit Manager via email on for a confidential discussion.
Please click here for a copy of the Position Description
About us
Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.
LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
Diversity and inclusion
We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email:
How to apply
Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.
Applications Close: 10th August 2026
Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.
Before commencement, the successful applicant will
Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.
