Clinical Nurse

South Metropolitan Health Service; Fremantle; Sur place; AUD 80 000 - 100 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Flexible leave arrangements

Other professional allowances

Résumé du poste

South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) invites applications for a Clinical Nurse within our Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT). The role delivers evidence-based nursing care to adults with complex mental health needs in community settings, supported by a multidisciplinary team.

The position offers a permanent/full-time contract with potential extensions. We encourage applicants with strong clinical skills, a passion for mental health, and a commitment to quality care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current Australian work rights.
• Experience in mental health or community care is preferable.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsabilités

• Provide evidence-based nursing care in a community setting.
• Deliver clinical expertise to consumers within ACTT.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safety and quality of care.

Connaissances

Clinical nursing

Mental health care

Team collaboration

Formation

Bachelor of Nursing

Description du poste

South Metropolitan Health Service, every employee contributes to delivering safe, high-quality care to our community. Guided by our vision of Excellent health care, every time, we place research, innovation and continuous improvement at the centre of everything we do. We are building a culture of shared learning and leadership that reflects our commitment to being Collectively One, Locally Led. Through tailored development programs, leadership opportunities and contemporary ways of working, our people are empowered to grow, thrive and make a meaningful difference across every site and portfolio.

Position Profile and Role

We are currently seeking a Clinical Nurse to join our team.

The Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT) works intensively with adults with severe mental health difficulties using a psychiatric rehabilitation approach. Clinical Nurse works with smaller caseloads as part of a multidisciplinary team you will provide clinical and professional expertise to ensure comprehensive evidence-based nursing care is delivered to consumers, in the accordance with the Mental Health ACT 2016. The role facilitates and promotes consumer safety and quality of care in the community setting. The Clinical Nurse practices within their scope of practice considerate of the Nursing and Midwifery Board’s Nursing Practice Decision Flowchart.

This recruitment process offers a Permanent/Fixed Term for Full time contract with the possibility of extensions and/or permanency.

We currently have 1 FTE available.

Want to know more?

We encourage you to contact Kay Baxendale, Team Leader on 0468572779.

About Us

Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.

South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) Mental Health

delivers comprehensive public mental health care through a network of community mental health services, hospitals and community health centres. Across Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Mental Health (FSFH Mental Health) and Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health (PaRK Mental Health), specialist services are provided across the South Metropolitan region, supporting consumers with accessible, collaborative and high-quality mental health care. SMHS Mental Health will soon open a new state-of-the-art facility at Fremantle Hospital designed to offer expanded and modern mental health services for our community. The three-storey space will provide an additional 40 mental health beds and a 24-hour Mental Health Crisis Centre, ensuring compassionate and innovative care for those who need it most.

Application and assessment support

If you have any access needs that may require adjustments to allow you to fully participate in the application and assessment process, please contact Kay Baxendale, Team Leader on 0468572779.

If you are an Aboriginal person who would like assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on 13 64 64.

Employee Benefits

• Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Flexible leave arrangements
• Other professional and location-based allowances
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Eligibility to Apply:

To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have valid Australian work rights. This includes visa holders. Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing employment in Australia.

WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.

WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre-employment health assessment. We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour. Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.

Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, applicants found suitable for this position may be considered for other ‘similar’ vacancies within SMHS and/or the wider WA public sector. In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process. Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.

Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.