Registered Nurse - Mental Health Recovery Unit

Registered Nurse - Mental Health Recovery Unit

Join our Mental Health Recovery Unit and play a vital role in supporting people living with severe and persistent mental illness. Working at the forefront of recovery oriented care, you’ll use evidence based practice, innovative interventions and compassionate nursing to support consumers on their recovery journey.
With a rewarding career in a supportive and professional multidisciplinary team, you’ll help strengthen the health and wellbeing of our community—making a meaningful impact, every day.

Our benefits:

• A collaborative, teams-based multi-disciplinary approach to patient care
• Engaging and intellectually stimulating work
• A team that is inclusive, respectful, and values the diverse communities it serves
• A position dedicated to empowering others to achieve their goals
• Salary packaging, novated leasing, and Health and Wellbeing Support
• Relocation support considerations
  
   

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time and Casual opportunities available
Position Classification: Registered Nurse  
Remuneration: $74,317.94 - $104,336.27 per annum, pro rata (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours Per Week: up to 24 
Requisition ID:  REQ646870
Location:  Wagga Wagga

Who we are:
We are an inclusive and committed team where staff are encouraged to bring their whole self to work, and are proud that our team is as diverse as the vibrant communities we support.
Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) delivers high-quality healthcare services to communities across regional and rural NSW. We are committed to building a skilled, confident and supported mental health workforce that delivers safe, evidence-based and compassionate care.
 

What you’ll be doing:
Using innovative, evidence-based education, as the Registered Nurse you’ll provide recovery focused mental health support to people with complex needs.
You will:

• Delivering safe, compassionate and person centred mental health care, working alongside consumers to support their recovery goals
• Completing holistic mental health and physical health assessments and developing recovery focused care plans
• Working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, consumers, families and carers to deliver coordinated care
• Advocating for consumers and supporting them through their inpatient recovery journey using trauma informed principles
• Facilitating therapeutic and psychoeducational activities and groups within the unit
• Ensuring high quality clinical documentation, medication management and compliance with the NSW Mental Health Act
• Your contribution as a healthcare professional will have a meaningful and positive impact, which is felt at a community level.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

1. Current Registration as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA
2.  Demonstrated experience providing care to mental health consumers within a recovery oriented framework
3. Understanding of relevant mental health legislation, guidelines, and the responsibilities relating to consumers, families and carers.
4. Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, including negotiation, consultation and conflict resolution.
5. Hold a current Class C Drivers licence and hold a paid NSW Working With Children Check
   
    

More information:
 1) Click here for the Position Description
 2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Rebecca Hall, Nurse Unit Manager – Mental Health Recovery Unit on 02 5943 2559 or Rebecca.Hall@health.nsw.gov.au for a confidential chat.

Applications close: 8 April 2026

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have

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MLHD values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds