Registered Nurse Mental Health - Justice Health

Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network
Employment Type: TFT/TPT or PPT/PFT
Position Classification: Registered Nurse 2–8
Remuneration: $79,368.82 - $111,427.34 p.a. (pro rata for part time) plus superannuation, with additional earnings available through shift, weekend and public holiday penalty rates and applicable allowances.
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ672137

Additional Benefits

You’ll also have access to a range of benefits, including:

• Justice Health NSW nursing allowances of up to $8,703.56 per year

• 12-hour shifts that support work-life balance and provide more time away from work

• Additional award allowances where applicable

• Salary packaging options to increase your take-home pay

• Fitness Passport for eligible employees and family members

• Specialist education, training and career development

• Opportunities to build expertise in forensic mental health and leadership

• Free onsite parking

• A comprehensive two-week, full-time orientation for all new staff at the Forensic Hospital, with all days paid

About the role

As a Registered Nurse at the Forensic Hospital, you will provide assessment, treatment and recovery-focused care for patients with complex mental illness within a secure forensic environment. You will work alongside experienced nursing, medical and allied health clinicians to contribute to comprehensive mental health assessments, multidisciplinary care planning and therapeutic interventions that support patient recovery while maintaining safety.

This role offers meaningful and varied work, with the opportunity to further develop your capability in:

• Becoming a specialist in forensic mental health nursing

• Developing expertise in therapeutic security

• Delivering trauma-informed care

• Advancing your skills in dynamic risk assessment

• Strengthening your skills in de-escalation and the management of acute behavioural disturbance

• Working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team

Role Requirements

This opportunity may suit you if you have:

• Experience in inpatient mental health and/or forensic mental health nursing

• A commitment to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care

• The ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team

• Strong clinical judgement and therapeutic communication skills

• An interest in building specialist skills in forensic mental health

This role may also suit Registered Nurses currently working in general inpatient mental health who are looking to transition into forensic mental health.

How to apply

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Applications close: August 11th 2026

For more information, please contact: Lauren Ashwell on **************@health.nsw.gov.au

Application process

To apply, submit your resume and responses to the targeted questions below, and clearly indicate which working arrangements are of interest to you:

·         Permanent full-time / Permanent Part-time

·         Temporary full-time / Temporary part-time

Targeted questions

1. Describe your experience working in an acute inpatient mental health and/or forensic mental health setting and how it has prepared you for this role.

2. Describe your understanding of risk management in an inpatient mental health and/or forensic mental health setting. Include an example of how you have identified, assessed and managed risk in practice.

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About the Forensic Hospital

The Forensic Hospital is unlike anywhere else in NSW Health. As the state’s only high-secure forensic mental health hospital, it offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of specialist mental health care, supporting people with serious mental illness through recovery, therapeutic engagement and dynamic risk management. You’ll work across a range of specialist clinical settings and alongside experienced nursing, medical and allied health professionals, providing exposure to different patient needs, stages of recovery and approaches to care. It’s challenging and rewarding work that will develop your specialist skills and build your expertise in forensic mental health nursing. As part of Justice Health NSW, you’ll join a teaching and learning organisation where collaboration, professional development, innovation and continuous improvement are embedded in everyday practice.

To learn more:

• Work for the Forensic Hospital

• Justice Health NSW locations

• Patients, families and carers

Diversity and inclusivity

Justice Health NSW is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applications are encouraged from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ people, veterans, refugees and people with disability.

This is also a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent. Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977

PLEASE NOTE: Applicants are welcome to use AI tools to assist with their application, however, all information submitted must accurately reflect your own skills, experience and capabilities. If you have used AI to assist in preparing your application, please disclose this in your application and be prepared to discuss your use of AI during the recruitment process.