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Acute/Mood Team | Southern Adelaide | Mental Health Role

The Clinical Nurse undertakes clinical care coordination as part of the multi-disciplinary team within the Specialist Community Mental Health Service. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for the delivery of a range of clinical activities, including mental health and psychosocial assessments, risk assessments, treatment and care planning, therapeutic interventions, advocacy and liaison with other community service providers. Make a meaningful impact on patient recovery journeys while enjoying competitive benefits and comprehensive support in Adelaide's southern metropolitan area.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Team Manager, some of your duties for the role will include:

• Participate in clinical teaching, overseeing learning experience, and goal setting for students, new staff and staff with less experience
• Act as a resource person within an area based on knowledge, experience and skills
• Provide direct person centred nursing/midwifery care and/or individual case management to patients/clients on a shift by shift basis in a defined clinical area with increasing autonomy over time
• Required to contribute to a wider or external team working on complex or organisation wide projects such as clinical protocols, guidelines and/or process mapping
• Provide health promotion and education, to patients/clients or groups and carers to improve the health outcomes of individual

About you:

• Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice
• Effective communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Registered Nurse/Midwife with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience (Clinical Nurse)
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Want To Know More? Contact: Matt Ballestrin, Team Manager, (08) 8384 9599, Matt.Ballestrin@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Thursday 30th April 2026 

Attachments:

• Clinical Nurse Mental Health Services 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: 934797