Job Requisition ID: 7756 Location: Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168 Employment Type: Full Time and / or Part Time Posting Date: 5 May 2026 Registered Psychiatric Nurse - Children's Mental Health - Clayton The role provides the enviable opportunity to develop your capabilities of working within a diverse Early in Life Mental Health Setting (ELMHS) and extending your knowledge and skills at liaising with external agencies. This Grade 2 Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) position is a clinical role responsible for clinical outcomes under the direction of the Associate Nurse Manager and Nurse Manager. The RPN is committed to teamwork, respect and collaborates to provide excellent and accountable high quality, recovery oriented nursing practice and service delivery for all patients and their families/carers. The RPN supports, supervises, mentors and coaches the mental health Enrolled Nurses, delivering support and holistic nursing care during crisis and transition periods of their mental illness, considering the persons, physical, psychological, social, spiritual and cultural needs. About You You are a passionate Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN) preferably with previous experience within child mental health nursing, and familiarity with milieu therapy is desirable. You have excellent communication skills and are able to work well with young people, related services and their families within the multidisciplinary team setting. What you bring Relevant Postgraduate Qualifications in Mental Health An advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles Flexibility to work across a 24/7 rotating roster You Are Also Well respected & highly regarded by peers & colleagues Have exceptional communication & superior time management skills Have a genuine passion in mental health & nursing management In Return Purpose built inpatient unit located within Monash Children’s Hospital Dyadic and family interventions used to achieve better outcomes for children and families Leadership team fostering high performing talent and career progression Lots of benefits including access to salary packaging options, onsite subsidised staff parking, gym on certain sites, uniform and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP). About OASIS The Oasis Child Neuropsychiatry Inpatient Unit (Oasis) is a purpose built unit located in the Monash Children’s Hospital. Oasis provides specialist assessment and care planning for children aged up to 12 years, with neurodevelopmental disorders (such as Autism Spectrum Disorder or Intellectual Disability) and/or who show severe or complex psychiatric, behavioural and developmental symptoms that indicate need for a short term inpatient service. All children admitted to the unit are accompanied by parent/carer who remain throughout the admission. Oasis is a multi-disciplinary unit that provides a range of consultation services, brief emergency admissions, and planned assessment admissions. The unit is part of the network of infant, child and youth mental health services (ICFYMHS) situated across metropolitan and regional Victoria. Patient care is carefully planned and managed through collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure an integrated and effective service, tailored to the individual needs of each child, family and carer. Oasis is a centre for excellence with an active clinical and research program that integrates and enhances knowledge from psychiatry, paediatrics, neurology, endocrinology, and other specialist medical and allied health services. For a confidential discussion and to explore this opportunity further, please reach out to Nicky Young, Nurse Unit Manager on or Matthew Parker on . We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. #J-18808-Ljbffr