Clinical Nurse - Community Mental Health

Eyre and Far North Local Health Network; Mount Barker; In loco; AUD 93.000 - 117.000; Tempo pieno

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Salary packaging benefits

Meal Entertainment expenses

Employee Assistance Program

Health and Fitness Benefits

Descrizione del lavoro

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is seeking a dedicated RN2C-Clinical Nurse to join the Community Mental Health team in Mount Barker on a permanent, full‑time basis. You will deliver recovery‑focused mental health nursing care across community, acute and rehabilitation settings, assess needs, coordinate care and work within a multidisciplinary team to achieve positive outcomes.

You will provide clinical leadership, mentor junior staff and contribute to education, quality

Competenze

• Recovery-focused mental health nursing care across settings.
• Assess, plan and coordinate care for consumers.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to improve outcomes.
• Provide clinical leadership and mentorship to staff and students.

Mansioni

• Deliver recovery-oriented mental health nursing across community, acute and rehab settings.
• Assess needs, develop and review care plans, coordinate services and interventions.
• Work with families, carers and teams to deliver integrated mental health services.
• Lead quality improvement, education and clinical projects.

Conoscenze

Mental health nursing

Care coordination

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Clinical leadership

Education & quality initiatives

Descrizione del lavoro

• Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network
• Mount Barker
• Salary: RN/M2C $92,731 - $117,215 per annum + Super + Benefits
• Permanent/Ongoing, Full-time

WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network is offering an exciting opportunity for a full-time clinician to join our Mental Health Service in Mount Barker. This role delivers high-quality, recovery-focused mental health nursing care across community, acute and rehabilitation settings. You’ll assess, plan and coordinate care, provide therapeutic interventions, and support individuals and families using evidence-based approaches. Working within a multidisciplinary team, you’ll monitor outcomes, adapt care plans, and contribute to programs that promote early intervention, wellbeing and community connection.

As a Clinical Nurse, you’ll take accountability for your practice while guiding and supporting less experienced staff. You’ll play a key role in team coordination, service improvement, and maintaining safe, effective care environments. The position also offers opportunities to contribute to education, quality initiatives and clinical projects, while continuing to build your skills and progress toward proficient practice.

WHO ARE WE?

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas. We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

WHERE AND HOW YOU WILL WORK

Mount Barker is a fast-growing regional centre in the beautiful Adelaide Hills, known for its natural beauty, strong community, and modern amenities. Just 30 minutes from Adelaide, it offers diverse job opportunities in health, education, retail, trades, and more, making it ideal for professionals seeking a great work-life balance in a vibrant and scenic environment. For more information Discover Mount Barker

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

• Are you passionate about delivering recovery-focused, person-centred mental health care that makes a meaningful difference in the lives of consumers, families and carers?
• Do you have the clinical knowledge and confidence to assess complex mental health needs, develop care plans and provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions?
• Are you committed to working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams to improve outcomes and support the wellbeing of your local community?
• Do you enjoy mentoring others, sharing your knowledge and contributing to a positive learning culture for students, graduates and less experienced staff?
• Are you motivated to lead improvements in mental health services through quality initiatives, research, clinical leadership and ongoing professional development?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on…

HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?

You will……….

• Deliver person-centred, recovery-oriented mental health nursing care across community, acute and rehabilitation settings.
• Assess consumer needs, develop and review care plans, coordinate services, and provide therapeutic interventions that support positive health outcomes.
• Work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams to deliver integrated mental health services.
• Provide clinical leadership, guidance and support to nursing staff, students and less experienced team members while promoting safe and effective care practices.
• Contribute to quality improvement, education, research and service development activities that strengthen mental health care delivery.

WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities.
• Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program.
• Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and their families.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW/WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR SUCCESS?

Working in this environment, it is important to us that we only employ people with the upmost integrity and commitment to serving the South Australian community and its visitors to the highest possible standards. To ensure that we meet that commitment there are a few checks that you will be required to undertake. These are detailed on the Role Description, but are likely to include the following:

• You will need to be immunised. Please contact the Enquiries Person for this position if you have any queries. Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy. Further information is in the application for to help guide you.
• You will need to undergo employment screening, what you require is also on the front page of the Role Description.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We employ people as diverse as the clients we support and the environments we work in. At BHFLHN we pride ourselves on being an Equal Opportunity employer committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees and therefore we encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, disability, all genders, and LGBTQI+ community. We continually look for ways to support and promote diversity and flexible ways of working so please let us know what interests you.

NEED TO RELOCATE?

Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. See what is available here: Relocation support | SA Health. Find out more about working in the Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, and see what it looks like to work and live in regional Australia at: *******************************>

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DON’T HESITATE! Applications Close on Monday 30th November 2026 at 11:55PM

Eligibility: Open to Everyone

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