Search for a Gold Coast Course
Job Demand: High
Average weekly wage: $1,344
Where you could work:
Hospitals - The Southport Private Hospital
Queensland Health - https://www.health.qld.gov.au/employment/work-for-us
Mental Health Nurses do the following tasks:
- provide direct clinical care to people who have experienced mental illness
- provide emotional and psychological support and health information to patients and their families
- supervise or carry out nursing care of patients
- observe, monitor, assess, report and document patients' conditions and responses to treatment
- administer medicines and other prescribed medical treatments to patients, in accordance with relevant legislation
- monitor and adjust medical equipment used in patient care and treatment
- provide physical and technical nursing care and support for patients
- plan and provide rehabilitative care of patients, including discharge planning and care
- provide first aid, perform routine physical examinations, give advice about health matters