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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Emergency Mental Health Service (EMHS) - North Adelaide (5006)

• Salary
• Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $61.31 to $64.05 per hour + 25% casual loading
• Employment Casual - Term Contract (temporary 6 month contract)

Overview

The Women's and Children's Health Network provides state of the art health care for women and children in Adelaide and South Australia.

We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions and SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service. We also provide important community-based services, of which the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is an integral part.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a free community-based tertiary mental health service provided through the WCHN across South Australia, providing care to those with severe and/or complex mental health needs. CAMHS provides services to: infants / children / young people up to 18 (16 in some areas) for community, statewide and hospital-based services / perinatal women.

The Emergency Mental Health Service (EMHS) is a Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS), nursing led specialist service supported by Psychiatry, located at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

EMHS provides emergency mental health assessment and intervention to clients in the Emergency Department as well as young people who are admitted to medical wards and women who attend the women’s assessment service outside of normal business hours.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care provided either within our hospital or via our community based services.

The Opportunity

Emergency Mental Health Service (EMHS) are seeking interest from suitably qualified staff to be a part of our casual pool.

The Role

• The Emergency Mental Health Nurse Consultant (EMHNC) provides clinical mental health nursing expertise for children, adolescents, peri-natal women and their families with mental health issues.
• The EMHNC is accountable for delivering specialist mental health nursing assessment, risk assessment and clinical intervention to consumers with complex/immediate mental health needs.
• The EMHNC is responsible for ensuring follow up/referral for mental health consumers within the Paediatric Emergency Department and inpatient areas WCH as required

To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.

About You

We are looking for staff who:

• Are registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia and hold a qualification in mental health practice
• Have at least 3 years post registration experience
• Experience in acute and/or child and adolescent mental health settings

Benefits of Joining us

Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable, children and young people, you will also receive an attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.

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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) - True
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients) - True

Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 854508

Enquiries

Casual Pool Management Team
Phone: 8161 8958
E-mail: Health.WCHNCasualPoolNandM@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: Sunday 30 June 2025 - 11.55PM

Attachments

RN3 - Nurse Consultant - CAMHS Emergency Mental Health - Role Description - 854508

WCHN Competency Framework.pdf

Australian applicant guidelines

International applicant guidelines