Clinical Nurse Educator - Mental Health

$56.07 - $60.38 per hour + salary packaging | Clinical Nurse Educator - Mental Health

Fixed Term Part Time until April 2027 | 32 hours per week 

About the Role

This senior nursing role offers the opportunity to lead clinical practice, support workforce development, and influence high-quality mental health care across community teams. You will use advanced clinical expertise to guide staff, improve service delivery, and embed recovery-oriented, person-centred care. Based in Ballarat, this role includes collaboration across teams and occasional regional travel while contributing to education, mentorship, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Team Leaders to improve clinical services
• Deliver staff education on recovery-oriented care
• Provide clinical leadership across community teams
• Develop and implement policies and best practice models
• Support student, graduate and postgraduate nurses
• Lead quality improvement and research activities

Skills & Experience

• Current AHPRA registration
• Mental health clinical experience, community focus
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement
• Skilled in training delivery and resource development
• Postgraduate qualification (desirable)

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Culture & Benefits

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Peter Osmond, Senior Psychiatric Nurse - Mental Health on 0418 517 062 for a confidential discussion.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet.

This position is paid in accordance with the Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement. The classification is Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 4 (NP75 – NP77) which ranges from $56.07 - $60.38 per hour.

About Grampians Health

Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Ballarat has some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.