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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), North Adelaide (5006)
• Salary - Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $121,537 to $126,970
• Employment Part time - Term Contract (temporary up to 6 Jul 2025)

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) team as a Nurse Consultant (Mental Health Nurse) where you will be responsible for:

• The provision of expert clinical knowledge and or interventions in child and adolescent mental health nursing through the application of mental health nursing assessment, including risk assessment.
• Mental health care delivered through the application of professional standards and adherence to policies, protocols and procedures and working within a model of client centred care.
• Providing expert knowledge in monitoring client care plans and clinical review programmes/audits to ensure quality client outcomes.
• Using available information systems: to inform decision making, to implement and co-ordinate processes for quality improvement, to monitor and analyse incidents and accidents, to ensure quality and safety is not compromised, to evaluate outcomes and convey information to staff.
• The assessment, planning, implementation, and co-ordination of care/appropriate service delivery options using significant degree of independent clinical decision making.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• At least 3 years post registration experience as a registered Nurse.
• Demonstrated competence in delivering proficient and comprehensive mental health nursing assessment, risk assessment and care planning/referral to, children and young people experiencing complex, acute, or chronic mental illness/ trauma or a wide range of emotional and behavioural disturbance.
• Experience in the supervision of students, enrolled nurses, and less experienced registered nurses and /or midwives.
• Effective Leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines.

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

Tim Crowley

Position:  CAMHS Nursing Director

Phone: 8161 9158

E-mail: tim.crowley@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date:  01/01/2025 – 11:55pm

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