Registered Psychiatric Nurse

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Mental Health Clinician role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Psychiatric Emergency Care Team (PECT) at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Mental Health Clinician to join our growing team on a Full time or Part Time, ongoing basis, Multiple positions available.

We are seeking a compassionate and skilled Mental Health Clinician to join the Psychiatric Emergency Care Team (PECT). In this fast-paced and rewarding role, you will provide comprehensive mental health assessment, crisis intervention, triage, treatment, and support to consumers experiencing acute mental health difficulties and their families. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in delivering recovery-oriented care across emergency, community, and telephone-based mental health services throughout Gippsland.

The ideal candidate is resilient and adaptable clinician who thrives in a dynamic environment and is passionate about supporting people experiencing mental health crises. You possess strong assessment and decision-making skills, enjoy collaborative practice, and are committed to delivering timely, high-quality care that promotes recovery, safety, and wellbeing.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Mental Health Clinician is to:

• Conduct timely mental health assessments, triage, risk assessments, and crisis interventions for consumers presenting with acute mental health concerns in emergency and community settings.
• Provide evidence-based treatment, recovery-oriented interventions, safety planning, and brief therapeutic support to consumers and their families/carers.
• Deliver telephone mental health triage services for the Gippsland region, ensuring appropriate prioritisation, advice, referral, and escalation of care.
• Collaborate with consumers, carers, general practitioners, community organisations, and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care and support positive recovery outcomes.
• Monitor and support both the mental and physical health needs of consumers, including providing psychoeducation and facilitating access to appropriate services.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation, participate in clinical supervision, and contribute to continuous improvement, quality, and safety initiatives.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Qualified Mental Health professional with registration and/or professional eligibility in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Social Work, or Speech Pathology.
• Demonstrated experience assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating care for consumers experiencing mental health challenges.
• Strong knowledge of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022, recovery-oriented practice, risk assessment, and crisis intervention principles.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with consumers, families, carers, and service providers.
• Able to work independently while contributing positively within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Committed to delivering compassionate, person-centred care and supporting continuous improvement in mental health service delivery.

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Justina Elmer, Psychiatric Emergency Care Team Manager email on Justina.Elmer@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 16th October 2026

Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.