REGISTERED NURSE - CAMHS CENTRAL METROPOLITAN EAST

at  SA Government SA HEALTH

SA HEALTH

Job reference: 874210
Location: 5085 - ENFIELD
Job status: Short Term Contract

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Enfield (5085)
• Salary
• Classification - RN/M2C - Clinical Nurse/Midwife LV2 - $84,870 to $107,279
• Full time - Term Contract (Temporary up to 29 July 2025)

ABOUT US

The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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We currently have an exciting opportunity to join CAMHS as a Mental Health Nurse, where you will be responsible for:

• Delivering direct child and adolescent mental health care to consumers with complex needs, within the framework of the National Mental Health Policy and the Standards for Mental Health Services.
• Personal practice standards and activities delegated to others.
• Providing assessments, education, counselling, and group work as essential components of care directed towards the attainment of optimum consumer health and recovery.
• Engaging in consultation and liaison with other professional disciplines and non-governmental organizations.
• Using clinical knowledge, skills, and experience to provide direction, support, orientation, and education to other staff.
• Leading and participate in action research projects, quality improvement activities, and policy development within the practice setting

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate. Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years, full time equivalent, post registration experience
• Demonstrated ability to conduct mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions of a complex nature with children, adolescents with emotional and behavioural difficulties
• Demonstrated ability to relate to people from a diverse range of cultural and social backgrounds
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work with individuals and families for positive mental health outcomes and to foster productive working relationships across disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to work and contribute positively in a team environmen