Nurse Practitioner
Core
Provide advanced clinical assessment, intervention, and medication management for individuals and groups with mental health and substance use concerns, supporting recovery and integrated care pathways.
Role type
Senior clinical nurse practitioner (mental health)
Builds
Integrated mental health and wellbeing support services for the East Gippsland community
Domain
Healthcare + Mental Health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Advanced clinical assessment, medication management, care planning, clinical leadership, multidisciplinary collaboration, risk screening, quality improvement
Preferred skills
Postgraduate qualification in management or research, experience in family violence practice frameworks
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Conduct specialist assessments and specific nursing care in individual and group interventions; Provide quality clinical care including medication management; Participate in admission, transition of care, and discharge; Contribute to and implement care plans; Order and monitor results of tests and investigations; Evaluate client progress and report risks; Provide leadership in care delivery and team development