- Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
- Community Mental Health – Mount Barker
- Multi-Class Position - Registered Nurse Level 3 (Manager) or AHP3 Occupational Therapist, Social Worker or Psychologist
- Salary: RN/M3A $130,190 - $136,010 (per annum)
- Salary: AHP3 $112,139 - $120,284 (per annum)
- Full Time, Temporary (until 30 Jun 2027)
Appointment to this position will be at either RN/M3A or AHP3 classification, commensurate with the applicant’s level of professional experience, demonstrated competence, and capacity to perform with increasing independence, clinical judgement, and complexity of practice as outlined in the role requirements.
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is offering an exciting opportunity for a full-time Team Leader to join our Community Mental Health team in the Adelaide Hills. This is a multi-class position, and we welcome applications from qualified Level 3 Registered Nurses, or AHP3 Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists and lead our dedicated Community Mental Health Team – Adelaide Hills.
This rewarding role offers the chance to lead and mentor staff, drive evidence-based practice, contribute to service innovation and quality improvement initiatives, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team committed to delivering high-quality mental health care.
WHO ARE WE?
The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.
WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK
Mount Barker, located 40 minutes from Adelaide in the Adelaide Hills, is a perfect blend of natural beauty, local heritage, and gourmet food. Key highlights include hiking the panoramic Mount Barker Summit, exploring the picturesque Laratinga Wetlands, riding the historic Steam Ranger Heritage Railway, and visiting local wineries and the Saturday farmers' market. Visit Mt Baker here.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- An experienced and compassionate mental health nursing leader with advanced clinical knowledge and a commitment to delivering high-quality, consumer-centred care.
- A collaborative and influential professional who can lead, mentor and support nursing and multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive consumer and service outcomes.
- A proactive and innovative thinker with the ability to drive quality improvement initiatives, implement evidence-based practice and lead change within a complex healthcare environment.
- A highly organised communicator with strong leadership, resource management and problem-solving skills, capable of building positive relationships and effectively managing competing priorities.
If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…
HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?
You will……….
- Provide leadership and coordination of mental health services, ensuring safe, high-quality, consumer-centred care and positive clinical outcomes.
- Drive quality improvement and service excellence through the application of evidence-based practice, risk management principles and continuous evaluation of service delivery.
- Lead, mentor and support nursing and multidisciplinary teams, fostering professional development, collaboration and a culture of excellence.
- Contribute to service innovation and strategic initiatives, including research, education, workforce planning and the implementation of contemporary models of care.
WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?
At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:
- 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 Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?
Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:
- You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.
NEED TO RELOCATE?
Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: https://movetomore.com.au/
HELP IS HERE!
Please refer to all the details in the Role Description below (job ref: 942795), or reach out to Tracey Harvey, Mental Health Lead Admin Officer on Phone: 7425 7780 or via E-mail: tracey.harvey@sa.gov.au
To find out what you need to apply, and what is required to be offered a role, please refer to the Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf. Please also click here for our Australian applicant guidelines
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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Monday 27th July, 2026 at 11.55 PM.
Please specify which role you are applying for in your application.
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
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