Community Registered Nurse Mental Health

Richmond Wellbeing; Canning; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging up to $18,640

Training, mentoring & LinkedInLearning

Five weeks of annual leave

Employee Assistance Program

Long service leave after 5 years

Job summary

Richmind WA is seeking a Community Registered Nurse – Mental Health to support individuals with severe and complex mental health challenges in the community setting. You will conduct triage, assessments, and crisis interventions while linking clients with GPs and other providers.

The role emphasizes recovery-focused care, medication management, and cultural safety, with opportunities to advocate for consumers and reduce stigma in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Current AHPRA registration (post-grad in Mental Health or Addictions desirable).
• Experience in mental health nursing, ideally in community settings.
• Strong assessment, care planning, and medication management skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform mental health triage, assessment, and crisis intervention.
• Support recovery by linking clients with GPs, pharmacists, and other providers.
• Deliver safe medication management and education to consumers.
• Advocate for clients, promote social inclusion, and reduce stigma.
• Build therapeutic relationships that respect dignity, boundaries, and recovery principles.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Assessment & care planning

Medication management

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Cultural safety & diversity

AHPRA registration

Job description

Community Registered Nurse Mental Health

Posted: 02/11/2026

Closing Date: 30/11/2026

Job Type: Contract

Location: Cannington

Job Category: Community Services and Development

As a Community Registered Nurse – Mental Health at Richmind WA, you’ll provide holistic support to people living with severe and complex mental health challenges, including those experiencing co-existing substance misuse.
Your work will focus on:

• Conducting mental health triage, assessment, and crisis intervention.
• Supporting people’s recovery journey by linking them with GPs, pharmacists, and other care providers.
• Delivering safe medication management and education.
• Advocating for consumers, promoting social inclusion, and reducing stigma.
• Building therapeutic relationships that respect dignity, boundaries, and recovery principles.

This is a role where every action you take makes a real difference in someone’s life.

About the Service

MH Connext – Specialised Services is part of Richmind WA’s commitment to providing high-quality, person-centred mental health support across the community.
We work alongside people in their homes and communities, offering care that recognises their mental, physical, cultural, social, and spiritual needs.

At Richmind WA, we don’t just provide services – we shape the future of mental wellbeing in WA through the courage, expertise, and passion of our people. You’ll join a team that values recovery, inclusion, and belonging – and ensures you feel supported too.

About You

You’re a Registered Nurse who brings both clinical expertise and compassion. You’ll have:

• Current AHPRA registration (post-grad in Mental Health or Addictions desirable).
• Experience in mental health nursing, ideally in community settings.
• Strong assessment, care planning, and medication management skills.
• The ability to work independently while thriving in a multidisciplinary team.
• A recovery-focused approach and genuine respect for diversity, including Aboriginal, CaLD, LGBTIQ+, and people with disabilities.

Essential checks: WA driver’s licence, National Police Clearance, First Aid Certificate, and Working with Children Check.

This role is fixed term full-time role until June 2027 offering 75 hours per fortnight (Monday to Friday)

Who are we?

At Richmind WA, we’ve been supporting people on their mental health journeys for over 50 years.

We’re recovery-first, lived experience-led, and proudly Rainbow Tick accredited. We walk alongside people with compassion, courage, and belief in their potential.

Our services are residential, outreach, and everything in between – person-centred, trauma-informed, and inclusive at the core.

Our values

• Living and breathing recovery
• Being brave and exploring
• Listening deeply and learning
• Putting people first
• Being passionate about inclusion and belonging

We work with Elders and First Nations staff to ensure culturally safe supports and value people of every background, identity, and experience.

• Meaningful work, every single day
• Salary packaging up to $18,640 (boosts your take-home pay)
• Training, mentoring, and access to LinkedIn Learning
• Five weeks of annual leave (with the option to buy more)*
• Free and confidential Employee Assistance Program
• Long service leave after 5 years

It takes courageto support someone’s recovery, and even more to believe in your own.