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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Onsite
Employment Type: Permanent Part-Time
Hours: 0.6 FTE (48 hours per fortnight)
Salary: RPN 4 Grade 1
Location: Werribee Mercy Hospital
Application: Please upload resume, cover letter, driver licence, police check, VISA status, relevant qualifications and other documentation as listed in the job ad
Contact: Carmen Kong, Nurse Unit Manager, CKong@mercy.com.au
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About the opportunity
The Werribee Mother Baby Unit (MBU) treats Perinatal patients with Mental Illness and has a focus on strengthening parenting capacity by optimising the mother-Infant attachment relationship. The MBU is a 6 bed 6 cot inpatient Perinatal Mental Health Unit on the grounds of the Werribee Mercy Hospital campus. The multidisciplinary treating team members include psychiatrist, psychiatric registrar, psychologist, maternal and child health nurse, Clinical Nurse Specialist, postgraduate level nursing staff, dietician, Nurse Unit Manager and other liaising clinicians.
We are seeking an experienced and compassionate Maternal and Child Health Nurse (MCHN) to join our multidisciplinary Mother Baby Unit, based at Werribee Mercy Hospital. This unique role combines maternal and infant health expertise with perinatal mental health care, supporting mothers experiencing mental health challenges while promoting infant wellbeing, development and attachment.
About the Role
As the Maternal and Child Health Nurse, you will play a key role in coordinating and delivering infant-focused care within the Mother Baby Unit. Working collaboratively with psychiatrists, mental health nurses, allied health clinicians, paediatricians and families, you will provide comprehensive assessment, education and support to optimise outcomes for mothers and their infants.
Key responsibilities include:
What you’ll bring
You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.
To thrive in this role, you will have:
Essential Qualifications
Essential Experience
Desirable Qualifications and Experience
You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:
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We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.
We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.
The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.