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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, Enfield 5085
• Salary – RN/M3, $130,190.00 - $136,010.00
  •   RN/M4, $137,464.00 - $143,282.00
  • + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time, Ongoing/Permanent

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• 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 to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

Nurse Practitioner Candidate:

The Nurse Practitioner Candidate provides leadership and coordination of forensic mental health care within the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, delivering expert clinical services to young people with complex behavioural and emotional needs. The Nurse Practitioner Candidate works across Youth Court and Justice settings, developing advanced practice skills toward Nurse Practitioner qualification.

Nurse Practitioner:

The Nurse Practitioner works autonomously and collaboratively, providing expert, evidence-based mental health care for children, youth, and families. The Nurse Practitioner is accountable for clinical decisions and culturally respectful practice within an approved and expanded scope of nursing.

Key duties of the role

Nurse Practitioner Candidate

• Provide a comprehensive therapeutic assessment, generating a collaborative future treatment plan for clients.
• Contribute expert mental health nursing assessment and advice to local clinical teams to achieve integrated mental health nursing care.
• Implement different therapeutic interventions and provide individual case management.
• Contribute specific expertise to mental health nursing practice through clinical protocol and standards development.
• Apply evidenced based recommendations to improve practice and service function.

Nurse Practitioner

• Integrate contemporary information and evidence with personal experience to support decision making, innovative thinking, and objective analysis.
• Provide comprehensive assessment of health status including history and physical examination.
• Initiate and interpret diagnostic pathology and/or radiology.
• Initiate interventional therapies, medications and use of health appliances or equipment and admit and discharge from services.
• Lead and coordinate the development and evaluation of clinical protocols, standards, policies and procedures.

Skills and Experience

Nurse Practitioner Candidate:

• 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.
• Competence in delivering proficient and comprehensive mental health nursing assessment.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to prioritise workload and meet set timelines.

Nurse Practitioner:

• 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 with the notation of Nurse Practitioner.
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Demonstrated advanced level of nursing practice in the care and management of mental health nursing.
• Experience in developing policies, procedures and models of care in the relevant area of clinical practice.
• Knowledge and understanding of the Nurse Practitioner’s role.

Enquiries can be directed to

Lynne Whitcher

Administration Coordinator

7117 3845

Lynne.Whitcher@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• RN3 - Nurse Practitioner Candidate CAMHS Forensic - Role Description - 932892.pdf
• RN4 - Nurse Practitioner CAMHS Forensic - Role Description - 932892.pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

If you would like 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.

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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Thursday 30^th April 2026 at 11:55pm