Work Type: Fixed-term - Full-time or part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Medicine, nursing and midwifery
Location: Melbourne - Northern suburbs
Reference: 6490
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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About Mary Guthrie House
Mary Guthrie House is a unique, statewide, multicomponent mental health unit located at the Royal Talbot Rehabilitation Centre in Kew.
The service provides individualised, slow-stream recovery support to adults with an Acquired Brain Injury or neurodegenerative conditions and associated mental health concerns, including responsive behaviours.
With a neuropsychiatric rehabilitation focus, the team works collaboratively with consumers to improve and maintain functional independence and support them to live their best life, as defined by the consumer.
About the role
As a Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 2, you will plan, implement and evaluate evidence-based nursing care in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. You will support consumers through recovery-oriented practice and supported decision-making while meeting professional, organisational, legal and ethical standards.
You will work within a specialist neuropsychiatry environment and contribute to safe, person-centred care, professional development and continuous improvement.
A regular day will see you:
About you
To be successful in this role, you’ll bring with you:
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Reshmy Radhamony, Nurse Unit Manager at [email protected]
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Wednesday 18 November 2026