Registered Psychiatric Nurse - Grade 2 (Bank)

Bayside Health delivers high-quality care across every stage of life for 1.2 million people in metropolitan Melbourne and surrounding areas. Alfred Psychiatry leads in acute and community psychiatric care with a State-wide Psychiatric ICU. The Nursing Workforce Department supplies supplementary staff to Alfred, Caulfield, and Sandringham sites.

Motivated psychiatric registered nurses join the Nurse Bank for casual work across bed-based services, including the Acute In-Patient Psychiatric Unit at The Alfred Hospital and Residential Rehabilitation in St Kilda. Nurses may also support medical and surgical wards. Flexibility for shifts in different settings is highly valued.

This direct patient care role involves risk assessment, mental state assessment, and care planning. Duties include consultation, liaison, and negotiation with patients, carers, family members, and professionals. The goal is to facilitate clinical recovery and minimize service barriers.

The team recruits casual and permanent Bank staff for advanced and short-notice bookings. Close collaboration occurs with departments using General, Theatre, Psychiatric, and Enrolled nurses. Education and training support staff development to strive and thrive.

Excellent professional development opportunities are available. Strategies maximize retention of Bank staff. Orientation and ongoing educational programs are developed and monitored.