Overview

  • Central Adelaide Local Health Network  
  • Mental Health Services, Tranmere 
  • Salary  RN-2  $84,870 – $107,279 p.a. + Superannuation and Salary packaging
  • Full-time permanent             

About the role

The CN provides mental health nursing care in a variety of settings across the MHCP. The CN’s practice has been consolidated by experience and/or further study. They are expected to demonstrate ongoing practice development from competent to proficient practitioners. The CN accepts accountability for their own practice standards, activities delegated to others and the guidance and development of less experienced staff. The role is predominantly clinical in nature; however, CNs may be assigned appropriate portfolios consistent with their career development plan and MHCP priorities. CNs may be required to be involved in clinical teaching and/or research; wider or external work on complex or MHCP wide projects such as clinical protocols, guidelines and / or process mapping and / or specific activity and / or portfolio responsibility. This role involves holding a outpatient depot clinic on Monday to Friday within the Eastern Community Team in Tranmere site.

  • Providing recovery orientated consumer support in a community setting
  • Assessing individual consumer’s needs, plan and implement or coordinate appropriate service delivery from a range of accepted options.
  • Medication management/education for consumers
  • Using foundation theoretical knowledge and evidence-based guidelines and applying these to a range of activities to achieve agreed consumer care outcomes.

Essential Experience

  • Demonstrated competence in a community setting
  • Demonstrated experience and skills in the areas of assessment, planning care, evaluation of care, and counselling
  • Experience in basic computing skills.
  • Experience in a broad range of mental health clinical settings
  • Familiar with administrating Long Acting Injection – desirable. Training will be provided.

Qualifications

  • Registered as a Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia and holds a current practising certificate.
  • Hold a qualification in mental health nursing equivalent to a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing.

About CALHN

The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.

We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.

What we offer

  • Attractive salary packaging available
  • Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
  • Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
  • Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites

Essential Requirements:

Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster 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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Information:

  • 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 compliant Immunisation screening.
  • Must hold a drivers licence

Job ref: 879935

Enquiries to:
Harry Shelat
Telephone: +61 8 7425 5555
E-mail: Harry.Shelat@sa.gov.au

Closing Date for Applications: 6 November 2024
Name of Contact Person: Harry Shelat
Telephone Number of Contact Person: +61 8 7425 5555
Harry.Shelat@sa.gov.au