Mental Health Nurse
- Provide mental health triage and crisis response services.
- Conduct comprehensive mental health and risk assessments.
- Work within a multidisciplinary team to support consumers with complex mental health presentations.
Mental Health Clinicians – CATT / Triage
Regional Victoria | 3-month contracts | Accommodation provided
- 3-month regional contract opportunities, with potential extension
- Work across acute community mental health, triage and crisis response
- 3 hours from Melbourne
- Excellent rates of pay and accommodation provided
- $80 per hr plus super plus salary sacrifice
Limelight People are seeking experienced Mental Health Nurses for 3-month contract opportunities within acute community mental health services in Regional Victoria.
These roles are ideal for clinicians with strong experience in mental health triage, acute crisis assessment and community-based mental health response.
You will join an established multidisciplinary team, supporting consumers experiencing complex and acute mental health presentations.
The roles involve a varied caseload across triage, acute crisis response and broader community mental health services. You will undertake telephone triage, comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, crisis intervention, treatment planning and care coordination.
You will bring a person-centred, trauma-informed and recovery-oriented approach, with the ability to work confidently in a fast-paced acute setting.
Essential Criteria
- Current unrestricted AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse,
- Relevant postgraduate mental health qualifications, specialist psychiatric nursing qualifications and/or equivalent experience
- Minimum five years’ post-graduate experience within Community Mental Health Services
- Demonstrated experience in mental health triage, CATT, acute crisis assessment or community crisis response
- Experience managing complex mental health presentations in community settings
- Confidence completing telephone triage, comprehensive assessments, risk assessments, crisis intervention and treatment plans
- Sound knowledge of trauma-informed care, recovery-oriented practice and person-centred care
- Strong communication, documentation and computer skills
- Current driver’s licence
- Flexibility to work a rotating roster, including night duty and 8- or 10-hour shifts
Previous experience in acute community mental health, triage or crisis services will be highly regarded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE APPLY ONLINE
Consultant
Kate Heeligan
Director, Healthcare
0413 194 749
kh@limelightpeople.com.au
Reference number: 320385312
Profession:Healthcare & MedicalNursing - Psych. Forensic & Correctional Health
Company: Limelight People
Date posted: 27th Aug, 2026
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