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Are you interested in a Senior Psychology role in a psychosocial rehabilitation unit?
Ravenhall Correctional Centre
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Completed in 2017, the new medium-security men's prison is located in Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Melbourne's west, providing world-class forensic mental health services in Victoria in a purpose-built state of the art facility developed to international best practice standards.
About the role:
The Psychologist works on a 10 bed psychosocial rehabilitation unit within Ballerrt Yeram-boo-ee with mentally disordered patients/prisoners as a member of the multidisciplinary team. The Psychologist provides a high level of clinical psychological expertise to Forensicare services at Ballerrt Yeram-boo-ee. As a senior professional representative, the position also provides consultancy and advice to other agencies and key stakeholders. The Psychologist also participates in the training and supervision of psychology placement students, interns and staff of other disciplines where appropriate.
Duties:
Provide an advanced range of psychological services including advice on the management and treatment of complex patient/prisoner issues to other clinicians.• Provide specialist psychological, psychometric assessments and reports where necessary.• Provide individual and/or group interventions as appropriate.• Fulfill the role of key clinician for a small number of allocated patients.
Skills and experience:
• Expertise in clinical forensic mental health practice including forensic assessments (i.e., court ordered assessments, assessment of risk for violence) and intervention with offenders.
• Skills in clinical assessment, including the administration and interpretation of psychological tests designed to assess personality, psychopathology, intelligence and cognitive functioning.
• Skills in providing individual or group treatment with patients with mental illness, emotional problems, and/or behavioural problems.
• A good understanding of the current psychological approaches in working with mentally disordered male patients in the forensic mental health setting.
Mandatory qualifications & registrations:
Benefits:
We value our staff and provide a range of employee benefits including:
Forensicare values a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
This position is subject to a Police Check.
Forensicare promotes the following values: responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect and leadership; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria.Forensicare is situated across five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital, located in Fairfield just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne CBD. Thomas Embling Hospital is a 124 bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care services.
This Aboriginal Health Worker (Mental Health) traineeship is one of many initiatives designed to increase the Aboriginal Workforce within the public mental health sector whilst increasing culturally safe and inclusive mental health care for Aboriginal people.
The Aboriginal Health Worker (Mental Health) trainee is both an employee of Forensicare and an undergraduate of the Charles Sturt University (CSU) Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health). The CSU course is specifically designed in collaboration with Aboriginal community-based organisations to:
1. Prepare graduates with the skills and knowledge required to address the mental health workforce (may include trainees encouraging and assisting with the education of other employees to provide culturally appropriate assessment and treatment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers and
2. Develop competency to work within mental health services across the healthcare environment, and with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients, their families, communities and other Indigenous and non-Indigenous health professionals (e.g. ED's)
Whilst undertaking the CSU Bachelor of Health Science (Mental Health) course, undergraduate students will develop an understanding of primary health care, cultural safety, equity and socio-cultural aspects of care. The course will enhance the trainees' appreciation of clients' and their families experience of emotional and social trauma and mental ill health.
1. Participate in the development and implementation of mental health services to promote the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal people and the wider community.
2. Learn about, observe and develop skills to provide responsive and culturally appropriate mental health services to consumers across the life span.
3. Actively contribute to multidisciplinary discussions and planning.
Qualification, skills and experience:
Essential
Desirable
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. This position is located at the a MHARS Metropolitan Magistrates Court site to be determined. The Mental Health Advice and Response Service (MHARS) operates in eight metropolitan courts: Melbourne, Broadmeadows, Ringwood, Heidelberg, Dandenong, Frankston, Moorabbin and Sunshine. MHARS provides clinical mental health advice within the court to reduce delays in proceedings and remands, and to improve the appropriateness of mental health interventions and referrals for people appearing before the court. The program enables clinical services to intervene early in the criminal justice process by identifying where individuals charged with an offence and appearing before the court have a mental illness, and by providing timely advice and linkage with treatment providers. Where needed, immediate psychiatric intervention is provided and referral made to appropriate mental health services. Priority is given to providing immediate responses to those presenting to the court who are acutely mentally unwell.
Specialist clinical mental health advice is provided to Magistrates, Community Correctional Services (CCS) and court users to ensure effective assessment, treatment and management, and that court processes are applied, while accounting for community safety and the mental health needs of the individual. Advice is provided:
The program also supports the court to understand mental health. It does this through consultation and education to CCS, Magistrates and users of the court on mental health services and mental health issues
The MHARS Clinician will be responsible for delivering the two streams of service (MHCLS and CCCAS) at the MHARS Metropolitan Magistrates Court site and other work sites as required. The position is full time Monday-Friday. As the MHARS Mental Health clinician you will be required to screen, assess and prepare psychiatric reports for the Court and Community Corrections as well as providing advice and consultation regarding mental health referral and treatment options for clients appearing before the court to inform decision making.
About you:
Forensicare promotes the following values: responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect and leadership; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Forensicare is situated across five sites across Victoria with its largest site being Thomas Embling Hospital, located in Fairfield just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne CBD. Thomas Embling Hospital is a 124 bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care services.
About the role:The Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) works closely with the Nurse Unit Manager (NUM) to lead and coordinate the nursing team. Working within a multidisciplinary team you will deliver consumer based mental health nursing interventions as well as coordinate the resources and processes required to maintain a high standard of patient care through effective clinical leadership. Practicing within a recovery framework you will use sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate and maintain a high standard of patient care. The ANUM, in collaboration with the NUM, ensures adherence to organisational policies and procedures, professional standards and promotes staff education and development and will participate in the training and supervision of nursing staff and students
About you:You have experience and knowledge in contemporary forensic mental health nursing practices and relevant legislation. You have well-developed communication skills with the ability to provide leadership and to manage resources on a shift. You are able to build and maintain effective working relationships with staff and other key stakeholders.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse with an interest in management and service development to step into a leadership position.
Benefits:We value our staff and provide a range of employee benefits including:
Applications will be reviewed upon submission and suitable candidates appointed immediately so don’t delay – apply now!
Casual RPN2 and RPN3 opportunities
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria.
Forensicare's Prison Mental Health Services are currently comprised of the following services provided under a Funding and Healthcare Services Agreement with Justice Health:
If you are interested in working in forensic mental health within our Prison Services, on a casual basis, we would be pleased to discuss Psychiatric Nursing opportunities with you.
We currently have casual RPN2 opportunities available at Port Phillip Prison, Ravenhall and Marrmak and RPN3 opportunities available within all our prison services (Ravenhall/Melbourne Assessment Prison/Dame Phyllis Frost Centre/Port Phillip Prison).
In addition to these qualifications, skills and experience, the RPN3 will also have:
An exciting opportunity to join Forensicare's nursing team within our Prison Services!
Forensicare (the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health) is the leading provider of forensic mental health services across Victoria. We deliver recovery-focused programs to consumers with serious mental illnesses across the Victorian justice system, mental health sector, and the community--from early intervention and prevention, to inpatient care, rehabilitation, and community transition support.
Our services are delivered through:
We also work in partnership with Swinburne University of Technology through the Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science to deliver a forensic mental health research program, specialist training, and ongoing professional education.
The Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 2 delivers care within a custodial setting, practicing within a recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care.
Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA)
This position works with a multidisciplinary team to provide care and facilitate recovery through the use of evidence-based treatment approaches and participation in the delivery of therapeutic programs.
Skills and experience
About the role:You will deliver care within a high-security forensic hospital, practicing within a Recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care. You will contribute to risk assessment and development of risk management plans in consultation with the interdisciplinary team and utilise a planned systematic approach to providing care that is consistent with the mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, social, forensic and cultural needs of the patient.
About you:You have a thorough understanding of and demonstrated commitment to mental health consumer recovery and the ability to undertake comprehensive nursing assessments of mentally ill patients, and to plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions. You have sound communication skills with the ability to engage constructively and share information on clinical matters with colleagues and team members to support the delivery of best practice and most appropriate service outcomes.
Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. The positions are located at Thomas Embling Hospital, based in Fairfield just 15 minutes north of the Melbourne CBD. Thomas Embling Hospital is a 116 bed secure hospital providing acute care, rehabilitation and continuing care services. Primarily designed to facilitate the provision of assessments, acute or continuing care and treatment for patients from the criminal justice system, the hospital is a unique service provided nowhere else in Victoria.
About the role:You will deliver care within a high-security forensic hospital, practicing within a Recovery framework and using sound judgement to assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and maintain a high standard of patient care.
All Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade-2 staff are advised of the opportunity to progress to the level of Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist (PCNS)
This classification has been designed to recognise the development of advanced clinical knowledge and clinical practice at a higher level than normally expected at the Grade-2 level.
Potential applicants must read the information sheet and application pack (refer to the attachments) as well as discuss the position with their Unit Manager before submitting an application.
The application form which is contained within the application pack must be completed and submitted as an attachment.
The Clinical Nurse Educator will convene a panel to consider applications.
The opportunity to apply for this advanced position is open ended.