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• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Berri
• RN/M2C | Full Time Contract | Temporary (up to 7 October 2026)
• Salary: $87,416 - $110,497 p.a
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as an Older Persons Mental Health Clinical Nurse – Lead with Expertise and Compassion

Make a meaningful impact by delivering specialist mental health nursing services for older people, supporting consumers, carers, and families through high-quality, person-centred care. This role offers the opportunity to apply your advanced clinical experience while contributing to an integrated and responsive mental health service.

About the Role:

As an Older Persons Mental Health Clinical Nurse, you will apply your consolidated clinical experience and specialist knowledge to plan, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive range of services tailored to the needs of older consumers. Working across a variety of health service settings, you will provide mental health nursing care as a practitioner developing from competent to proficient practice, while ensuring care is sensitive, effective, and evidence based.

You will accept accountability for your own practice standards, for activities you delegate to others, and for supporting the development of less experienced staff. While the role remains predominantly clinical, you will also be assigned appropriate portfolio responsibilities that align with your performance and professional development goals, negotiated as part of your career plan. In this position, you will play a key role in supporting high-quality mental health care for older people and strengthening service delivery across the network.

What We’re Looking For:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
• Must hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in Mental Health practice.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years full time equivalent, post registration mental health experience.
• Demonstrated competence in Older Persons Mental Health nursing practice in accordance with the appropriate standards of practice.
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses / clinicians.
• Experience working with Aboriginal consumers.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Looking for a change in scenery? – Nursing & Midwifery

Applicant 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:

• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• 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)
• 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: 921977

Enquiries

Deb Petch
Personal Assistant
Phone: (08) 8580 2515
E-mail: debbie.petch@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Tuesday 23rd December 2025 - 11.55PM

Attachments

921977 RN/M2C Role Description.pdf

JCS+RegisteredNurse+Mental+Health+final.pdf

About Berri Workforce Factsheet.pdf

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