Overview
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Forensic Mental Health Service – Oakden
- Salary: $121,537 – $126,970 p.a. – RN3A – Ongoing Full-Time
About the Role:
Unlock your potential and join the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Nurse Unit Manager within the Forensic Mental Health Service. This is an opportunity to be part of a dynamic organisation that values compassionate care, innovation, and excellence.
The Forensic Mental Health Service is a state-wide specialised service which provides assessment, treatment and care services to meet the needs of mental health consumers in the justice system, either forensic consumers placed by the SA court system or prisoners transferred from the Department of Correctional Services.
As a Nurse Unit Manager, you will play a pivotal role in leading a highly skilled team of healthcare professionals. Your expertise will shape the delivery of high-quality care to individuals with complex mental health needs within a secure environment.
In this challenging and rewarding role, you will:
- Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to nursing staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and implement evidence-based practices, ensuring the highest standards of patient care.
- Manage staffing resources effectively, ensuring efficient and cost-effective service delivery.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of policies, procedures, and protocols aligned with best practices.
- Promote a positive and supportive work environment that values diversity, inclusion, and staff well-being.
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 who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate, and enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.
About You:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate, enthusiastic and experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.
To be successful in this role you must possess extensive experience in mental health nursing, exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate teams, strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a commitment to continuous quality improvement, and excellent communication and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to liaise effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.
About Adelaide:
Adelaide has recently been recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes, earning a delightful nod from the Wall Street Journal as being possibly the coolest city in Australia. Ranked one of the worlds “Most Liveable Cities”, Adelaide is a culinary playground with a delicious mix of fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour down under cycling, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.
About Us:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (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.
Our Local Health Network Sites and Services:
Mental Health – The Division of Mental Health provides a comprehensive range of public mental health services for youth, adults and older people in northern Adelaide. Services are provided through community health centres and hospitals, and to consumers in their own homes.
Forensic Mental Health – A statewide service that operates as part of the Division of Mental Health for forensic patients and prisoners.
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.
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):
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (e.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
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: 881777
Enquiries:
Shelagh Latham
Nurse Manager
Phone: 0434 852 428
E-mail: shelagh.latham@sa.gov.au
Role Description:
881777 – Nurse Unit Manager – James Nash House – RN3 – role description.pdf
* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.
For further information and to apply visit www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/careers and search for Job Ref: 881777