Eastern Health

Director of Nursing - Mental Health and Statewide Services

Box Hill, 3128, Melbourne, Victoria

Full time

Posted 10/04/2025
Closed 24/04/2025

Director of Nursing - Mental Health and Statewide Services

  • Permanent full-time | 5 week's annual leave + monthly day off
  • Multiple locations | Car parking and café on site | Work close to home
  • Generous Salary Packaging

Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne's largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan - which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference.

About the role

The Mental Health and Statewide Services Director of Nursing will be responsible for nursing governance, clinical leadership, and strategic planning and workforce development across the Mental Health & Wellbeing Program and in the Statewide Services program. The role carries professional mental health nursing responsibility, which includes governance of credentialing, clinical performance, professional behaviours and incidents, nursing workforce planning and representation on industrial matters.

About you

  • Masters level qualification in management or another appropriate field
  • Tertiary level qualification in Mental Health nursing
  • Extensive experience working in mental health and AOD settings


Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

  • Diverse and engaging career opportunities
  • Friendly & supportive team
  • Flexible working hours
  • Salary packaging options
  • Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

  • We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability - within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
  • We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
  • As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
  • Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
  • Advertising may end before the closing date.

Please click here for position description

Contact Person: Kristen Stanner

Contact Number: 9895 4960

Contact Email: ***************@easternhealth.org.au

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7*** (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3***. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]

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