Nurse Practitioner - Mental Health

As a Nurse Practitioner – Mental Health , you'll play an important role in delivering advanced mental health assessment, treatment and ongoing care to people in custody.

This is a highly autonomous position where you'll use your specialist knowledge and clinical judgement to assess complex mental health needs, develop treatment plans, prescribe medications and monitor patient outcomes.

You'll also provide clinical guidance and support to the nursing team, working closely with other healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive appropriate, coordinated and person-centred care.

This is a Monday to Friday opportunity, with working hours to be discussed with successful applicants.

What you'll be doing Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments and identify patient risks and needs.

Develop, implement and review individualised mental health care plans.

Diagnose and manage mental health conditions within your scope of practice.

Prescribe medications and monitor treatment effectiveness and potential side effects.

Order and review diagnostic investigations where clinically appropriate.

Identify changes in patient presentation and implement appropriate interventions.

Coordinate referrals and work collaboratively with other health professionals.

Provide clinical leadership, advice and guidance to nursing colleagues.

Support clinical quality improvement and evidence-based nursing practice.

Build therapeutic relationships and provide respectful, culturally sensitive care.

What you'll bring You'll be an experienced Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is confident managing complex presentations, making independent clinical decisions and working collaboratively with a wider healthcare team.

You'll also have: Current AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse.

A Master of Nursing Practice and current Nurse Practitioner endorsement.

A minimum of 5 years' full-time equivalent experience in mental health nursing.

Strong mental health assessment, care planning and clinical review experience.

Advanced clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.

The ability to work autonomously while maintaining strong collaborative relationships.

A sound understanding of harm minimisation, risk assessment and evidence-based practice.