Mental Health Registered Nurse
Core
Provides specialist mental health nursing care within a secure forensic environment, combining therapeutic engagement, recovery-focused practice, risk management, and care coordination.
Role type
Senior IC mental health registered nurse (forensic)
Builds
Secure forensic mental health units and Early Intervention Support Team services
Domain
Healthcare + Forensic Mental Health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
mental health assessments, recovery-focused care planning, challenging behavior management, risk assessment and management, psychotropic medication administration, group-based therapeutic interventions, multidisciplinary treatment planning
Preferred skills
adult inpatient mental health experience, acute psychiatric unit experience, secure mental health environment experience, forensic mental health settings experience, psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) experience, correctional or prison health services experience, high dependency mental health environment experience