Overview
- Central Adelaide Local Health Network
- Mental Health Services, Tranmere
- Salary RN-3 $125,183 – $130,779 p.a. + superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
- Permanent full-time
About the Role
As a Nurse Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in providing expert clinical nursing care and leadership within a mental health setting. You’ll deliver high-level, person-centred care to individuals and groups while guiding and supporting nursing teams to ensure best practices are upheld. Your expertise will drive the implementation of projects and standards aimed at enhancing consumer care outcomes and promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
In this role, you’ll be responsible for delivering comprehensive mental health nursing care, fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring alignment with national mental health policies and standards. With a focus on education, counselling, and group work, you’ll contribute to achieving optimal health and recovery outcomes for consumers. If you’re passionate about clinical leadership and making a meaningful difference in mental health care, we’d love to hear from you.
About You
We’re looking for a highly skilled and passionate Nurse Consultant to bring expert leadership and clinical care to our mental health teams. To succeed in this role, you’ll have:
- Qualifications: Registered Nurse with at least 3 years’ experience and a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing.
- Leadership & Team Skills: Strong leadership abilities and experience in managing clinical change and fostering skill development.
- Experience: Proven ability to deliver high-level mental health nursing care and lead teams in multidisciplinary environments.
- Knowledge & Expertise: Sound understanding of mental health policies, recovery frameworks, and relevant nursing standards and legislation.
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.
Benefit of Joining CALHN
At CALHN, we’re dedicated to your career satisfaction and wellbeing, offering tailored benefits for healthcare professionals, including:
- Salary Attractions: Flexible options for salary packaging covering living expenses, meal and entertainment allowances, and novated leasing.
- Professional Development: Opportunity to apply for reimbursement of eligible professional development activities, and access to dedicated leave for ongoing learning.
- Annual Leave: Enjoy paid recreation leave for essential rejuvenation, with leave loading applied.
- Flexible Work Arrangements: 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.
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
- Career Opportunities: Explore career growth within the SA Health system with opportunities for skill development and movement across various metropolitan and regional sites.
- Employee Assistance Program: Confidential counselling and support services are available via our Employee Assistance Program.
Join CALHN for a fulfilling career bolstered by comprehensive benefits and unwavering commitment to your success.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
CALHN is an Equal Opportunities employer 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, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community.
Application Information:
- Please refer to the role description for essential educational/vocational qualifications that may be required.
- Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies or third parties will not be accepted for this position.
Applications close: Friday 24 January 2025
For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 888611
Contact:
Danny Tapscott, Team Manager-Hallett CRS & SAAS Co-Responder
Phone: +61 8 7425 5555
E-mail: Daniel.Tapscott@sa.gov.au