• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Mount Gambier (5290), or Mount Barker (5251), or Berri (5343) or Murray Bridge (5253)
• Salary/Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $125,183 to $130,779
• Employment Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to 30 Jan 2026)

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Southern Country Community Team as a Senior Clinical Nurse, where you will be responsible for:

• Integrate contemporary mental health information and evidence with personal experience to support the decision making, innovative thinking and objective analysis that is expected at this level.
• Provide direct, expert clinical mental health nursing care of complex individuals, select, and implement different therapeutic interventions, provide individual case management to a defined population of patients/clients, and evaluate progress.
• Contribute expert mental health nursing assessment and advice to local clinical teams to achieve integrated nursing care within a risk management framework.
• Contribute to the development and sustainability of nursing/midwifery skills for the needs of the specific population group using systems of resource and standards promulgation.
• Lead mental health nursing clinical practice within the professional practice framework established by the Director of Nursing/Midwifery.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate, enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.
• Registered Nurse and or Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Knowledge of contemporary professional mental health nursing and health care issues.
• Demonstrated competence in delivering proficient and comprehensive mental health nursing assessment and direct clinical services to children, young people and their families experiencing complex, acute or chronic mental illness/ trauma or a wide range of emotional and behavioural disturbance.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries:

Rita Zaccardo
Phone: 71177520
E-mail: [email protected]

Application Closing Date: 26/02/2025– 11:55pm

Useful Links

RN3 - Senior Clinical Nurse - RD - 891614 .pdf