Mental Health Nurse - Graduate Program (12-Month Contract)

SA Health; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 78,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre– SALHN Mental Health Services (MHS) offers a 12-month RN Graduate Diploma Program for Registered Nurses aiming to specialise in mental health. Participants will deliver recovery‑oriented care within a multidisciplinary team at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide's southern metro region.

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, the program emphasizes applying clinical knowledge from the Graduate Diploma to practice, with increasing

Qualifications

• Registered as a Nurse by the Nursing/Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) with current practicing certificate.
• Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, person-centred mental health nursing care within a multidisciplinary team.
• Provide direct nursing care and case management with increasing autonomy over time.
• Participate in quality improvement activities to enhance patient safety and outcomes.
• Provide health promotion and education to patients, families and carers.
• Contribute to evaluative research within the practice setting.

Skills

Clinical nursing

Mental health nursing

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Nurse registration (NMBA)

Job description

Southern Adelaide Local Health Network – Flinders Medical Centre– SALHN Mental Health Services (MHS) offers a 12-month RN Graduate Diploma Program for Registered Nurses aiming to specialise in mental health. Participants will deliver recovery‑oriented care within a multidisciplinary team at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide's southern metro region.

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, the program emphasizes applying clinical knowledge from the Graduate Diploma to practice, with increasing