Registered / Clinical Nurse - Northern Community Mental Health Service - Youth Stream
Job no: 929708
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Various categories
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Community Mental Health – Salisbury
- Salary (plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits):
- RN1 $74,831 - $102,103 p.a.
- RN2C $87,416 - $110,497 p.a.
- Ongoing Full-Time
About the Role:
Step into a role where your nursing expertise can genuinely change young lives. The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network is seeking a passionate Registered or Clinical Nurse to join our Youth Team, supporting young people navigating mental health challenges.
In this rewarding position, you’ll deliver comprehensive nursing care while contributing to a community-focused, recovery-oriented model of youth mental health. Working directly with young people, you’ll play a key role in early intervention, assessment, and ongoing support.
Appointment to the role will be at the RN1 or RN2C classification, dependent on the level of experience.
To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and hold, or be eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate. Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice.
About You:
We seek a registered nurse with a genuine passion for supporting young people and improving mental health outcomes, strong clinical assessment and therapeautic skills and commitment to recovery-oriented practice. Experience in community mental health settings is valued, alongside excellent communication skills and ability to work autonomously within our supportive team environment.
Apply now if you’re ready to make a real impact in youth mental health and grow your career in a supportive, purpose-driven environment.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.
NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.
At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.
Benefits of working at NALHN:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.
Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.
We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.
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.
Check(s):
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for general employment probity, vulnerable person-related employment and aged care sector screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.
Immunisation Risk for this position is – Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances)
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: 929708
Enquiries:
Katrina Robinson
Nurse Manager
Phone: 0435 962 408
E-mail: katrina.robinson@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date:
9 March 2026 – 11.55PM
Role Description and Further Information:
For more information about Mental Health Nursing at NALHN visit our Mental Health Nursing Careers page.
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
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