Psychiatric Nurse Consultant

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Date: 16 Jun 2025

Location: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

Company: theroyalch

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

Psychiatric Nurse Consultant (RPN5) – Mental Health  

  • Work for Australia’s leading Children’s Hospital 

  • Senior leadership opportunity 

  • Permanent, full-time position 

 About the Role 

This is a permanent, full-time position at 80 hours per fortnight within the Mental Health department.  

You will be responsible for developing, maintaining and evaluating the specialist bed-based program in collaboration with the Nurse Unit Manager. You will demonstrate superior consolidated clinical skills and provide consultancy to implement specialist programs that uphold best practice nursing care and recovery standards. 

Classification for this position will be NP51 (base salary $126,885.20 per annum, plus superannuation). 

What you’ll achieve: 

  • Provide support to the Senior Psychiatric Nurse (SPN) in developing the psychiatric nursing workforce across RCH mental health. 

  • Utilise advanced clinical nursing knowledge and skills to influence quality of acute mental health care in the specialised aspect of nursing practice within the Banksia ward, hospital-based specialist programs and community teams 

  • Facilitate organisational change through accountability of nursing workforce development in adolescent specific mental health nursing on Banksia ward and child and adolescent mental health nursing in hospital based and community teams.   

  • Promote excellence in mental health nursing practice through professional leadership, role modelling and implementation and education of evidence-based practices 

 Your skills and experience 

  •  Current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) administered through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)   

  • Hold a post graduate qualification in psychiatric/mental health nursing or have completed a specialist undergraduate psychiatric nurse program.   

  • Demonstrated clinical skills with at least 5 years working in a CAMHS/CYMHS setting 

  • Proven ability to provide high quality education in psychiatric nursing 

  • Experience in delivering and evaluating nursing clinical supervision and point of care (mentoring and preceptorship) frameworks 

 If this sounds like you, click here to view the position description.

About the Department 

The Psychiatric Nurse Consultant (PNC) role sits within the Mental Health Division of the Royal Children’s Hospital and forms a vital part of the Mental Health Leadership Team. 

What we offer: 

  • Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay! 

  • Parkville location and close to public transport 

Other requirements: 

  • Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain 

  • Valid Working with Children Check 

  • Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure 


Application process  

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description. 

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced. 

 For more information about this position please contact Laura Hainsworth (Senior Psychiatric Nurse), on 0481 567 873 or laura.hainsworth@rch.org.au  

Why work at the RCH?

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.  Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 1 July 2025