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Transform Perinatal Mental Health Care: RN3 Nurse Consultant Opportunity at Flinders Medical Centre!

Join SA Health as an RN3 Nurse Consultant in our Perinatal Mental Health Liaison Service at Flinders Medical Centre, playing a key role in supporting mental health and emotional wellbeing of women birthing at FMC.

This part-time contract position until May 2026 (with potential for extension) offers the opportunity to provide expert clinical leadership in perinatal mental health-informed care, while collaborating closely with multidisciplinary teams, and mentoring staff to deliver compassionate, family-centred care. You’ll make a meaningful difference to families navigating pregnancy and birth, often during times of vulnerability—while advancing your career with South Australia’s largest healthcare provider.

About the role

Reporting to the Nursing Director, this role provides specialist nursing consultation and clinical expertise across mental health perinatal care with a strong focus on psychosocial complexity, risk, and wellbeing. You will lead quality improvement initiatives, support workforce capability, and promote safe, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive practice across the service.

Duties will include:

• Providing direct, expert clinical nursing/midwifery care, including mental health-informed assessment, and therapeutic interventions for women, with complex perinatal needs,
• Offering specialist nursing/midwifery assessment and consultation to local clinical teams to support integrated, holistic care that addresses both physical and psychological wellbeing within a risk management framework,
• Using information systems to inform clinical decision-making, support quality improvement, and ensure safe, high-quality care for vulnerable families,
• Contributing to the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies and processes that support perinatal mental health, family safety, and continuity of care,
• Managing resources responsibly to support sustainable, high-quality service delivery,
• Leading and coordinating quality improvement initiatives aligned with corporate risk management and professional practice frameworks,
• Assessing psychosocial and clinical risks, and implementing strategies to reduce harm and promote safety,
• Contributing specialist expertise to research, evaluation, and service development activities to strengthen perinatal mental health outcomes and nursing/midwifery practice

About you:

• Registered Nurse with current registration and practising certificate with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, and enrolled in, or holding, a recognised qualification in Mental Health practice,
• Demonstrated competence in mental health nursing practice in accordance with relevant professional standards,
• Minimum of three years’ post-registration experience (full-time equivalent) as a Registered Nurse/Midwife, with relevant mental health experience,
• Proven ability to deliver and support mental health-specific education, capability building, and clinical consultation within complex care environments,
• Demonstrated clinical leadership skills, with experience leading, influencing, and supporting multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, person-centred mental health care,
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, with the capacity to engage therapeutically, work autonomously, and apply innovative, recovery-oriented approaches,
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design, implement, and evaluate effective mental health interventions and service improvements,
• Well-developed digital literacy, with the ability to use clinical information systems and relevant software to support decision-making and quality care delivery

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Susan McLean, Nursing Director - Acute Services, Susan.McLean@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 1 March 2026

Attachments:

• RN3 Nurse Consultant Perinatal Liaison Service- Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including 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 Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• 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: 929479