Mental Health Nurse

• Multiple positions
• Based in Malmsbury
• Work for a multi-award-winning iconic community health organisation
• Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income

So why cohealth?
cohealth leads the way in reducing health and social inequity in partnership with people and the communities in which they live. Named Premier's Health Service of the Year (Primary) and the Supporting LGBTIQ+ Health Service at the Victorian Public Healthcare Awards, cohealth's 1000 staff demonstrate courage, leadership, innovation, and agility in their commitment to providing inclusive and culturally safe health services that protect the human rights of all people of all gender identities, sexualities, ages, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, faiths, and abilities.

Our inclusive workplace culture enables staff to bring their whole selves to work, where uniqueness is valued, and people experience a feeling of belonging. Our aim is for everyone to thrive in their role. Please click here to find out more.

About the role
Malmsbury Youth Justice Precinct is a youth custodial facility that accommodates young people. At Malmsbury, cohealth aims to deliver an efficient service within the custodial environment to young people.

The Mental Health Nurse will assist in the implementation of a coordinated responsible service that provides support to the General Practitioners in managing clients with severe and complex mental illness.

The Mental Health Nurse is required onsite 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Successful candidates will need to work a rotating roster across day, afternoon and night shifts.  

Please refer to the Position Description for more information.

Your duties include:

• Undertake practice in accordance with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency, conduct thorough mental health assessments and risk assessments
• Provide client treatment and review in accordance with goal directed care plans and GP mental health plans
• Receive new patients who have been transferred to Malmsbury, ensuring continuum of care

What cohealth offers:

• Exciting Parental leave benefits
  • cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
  • Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Salary packaging to suit you - tax free amount of up to $15,900 p.a (mortgage, rent, or credit cards) and a further $2,650 p.a (meal, entertainment expenses and holiday accommodation) alongside generous reward programs from our salary packaging providers. Find out more on salary packaging here: https://www.ato.gov.au/Individuals/Jobs-and-employment-types/Working-as-an-employee/Salary-sacrificing-for-employees/
• Novated Leasing available
• A significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, and mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• We offer inclusion, equality, and opportunity in a workplace where making a difference counts (based on our guiding principles and values)

Our ideal candidate:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and registration as a Registered Nurse with additional mental health qualifications
• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• A minimum of at least two years mental health nursing experience with recent nursing experience in a mental health facility
• Strong belief and personal alignment in cohealth Values and Mission

Application Process

To download the PD, and to apply for this job go to: https://cohealthcareers.org.au/Current-Jobs & enter ref code: 6854054.

Applications close 30 April 2026 at 10pm.

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Sally Wilcox on Sally.Wilcox@cohealth.org.au

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working With Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement [B]. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.