• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Southern Fleurieu Community Mental Health Team
• Based in Victor Harbor
• Salary: RN/RM3 $125,183 - $130,779 p.a + superannuation + leave loading + salary sacrifice benefits
• Ongoing full time

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

Join the Southern Fleurieu Community Mental Health Team based in Victor Harbour as a Nurse Consultant in a full-time, ongoing role with Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network. This senior nursing position offers you the chance to apply your expert clinical mental health knowledge to lead, innovate, and improve consumer outcomes across community, acute, and rehabilitation settings. You’ll work autonomously within a supportive, multidisciplinary team, contributing to policy development, clinical leadership, and the ongoing growth of nursing practice in a beautiful regional community.

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.  This position is based in Victor Harbor.  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.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you an experienced mental health nurse with strong leadership and clinical decision-making skills?
• Can you inspire and mentor a multidisciplinary team while driving positive change and innovation?
• Are you committed to culturally sensitive care, especially working effectively with Aboriginal communities?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions  – then read on….

WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?

At BHFLHN our values underpin everything we do and the way we behave every day.  We also look for people who align to our values and we believe that our passion must be yours to be a success, our values are Trust, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Kindness

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

The Fleurieu Peninsula is just one hour for the city of Adelaide.  It covers the stunning areas and towns of McLaren Vale, through to Strathalbyn, Goolwa, Victor Harbor and Aldinga Beach where you can spend days off experiencing the wineries and award winning restaurants of the southern vales.  Or if you like the sea, enjoy our stunning coastline from Cape Jervis and Rapid Bay up to Aldinga and Sellicks Beach, whilst only being just over an hour from Adelaide’s CBD.  Catch a glimpse here.

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

• Provide expert clinical mental health nursing care and case management for a defined consumer group
• Lead and support nursing staff through mentorship, supervision, and role modelling best practices
• Drive quality improvement initiatives and contribute to the development of clinical protocols
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated, safe, and recovery-focused care
• Promote culturally appropriate engagement with Aboriginal consumers and support community mental health needs

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:

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• 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 be immunised. You can refer to the SA Health Immunisation Policy here. Further information is in the application for to help guide you. 
• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.
• You will be required to hold registration with AHPRA to practice as a Registered Nurse within our organisation and hold a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

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?

At Barossa Hills Fleurieu we offer you financial support to relocate if you need to move.  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: 909411), or reach out to Priscilla Pennington, Team Leader on phone: 85520665 or via e-mail: Priscilla.Pennington@sa.gov.au

Besides speaking to Priscilla, more information is offered via our Applicant Checklist BHFLHN Applicant Checklist.pdf.  Please also click here for our Australian applicant guideline or if you are an international candidate click here for our International applicant guidelines

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DON’T HESITATE!  Applications Close on 4 August 2025 at 11:55PM

More Information:

909411 RN3A Nurse Consultant - Role Description.pdf

JCS+RN+final.pdf

Applicant Information - BHFLHN Sites in SA.pdf