• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Child and Mental Health Service CONNECT/CAVUCS, Kaurna Land, North Adelaide, 5006
• Salary – RN3 $125,183.00 to $130,779.00 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time Ongoing

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

The Senior Mental Health Nurse (Clinical Nurse Consultant) provides clinical mental health nursing expertise for infants, children, adolescents, women and families with mental health issues. This role in partnership with other senior staff is responsible for day-to-day clinical leadership of this team.

Key duties of the role

• Integrate contemporary mental health information and evidence with personal experience to support decision making.
• Assess clients and formulate care/transition/referral plans.
• Provides clinical leadership and mental health expertise within the team.
• Monitor client care transitions and plans to ensure appropriate care outcomes are achieved and evaluate progress.

Skills and Experience

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.

• Must hold an approved post graduate mental health nursing (minimum Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing) qualification.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Demonstrated competence in delivering proficient and comprehensive mental health nursing assessment and direct clinical services to children, young people and their families

Enquiries can be directed to

Kendall Lounder, Principal Nurse Lead CAMHS, 8161 6624 or Kendall.lounder@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:

• 915446-RN3 Clinical Nurse Consultant Connect-CAVUCS .pdf
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

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. Want 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date:  Tuesday, 21^st October 2025,11:55PM