RN Mental Health Graduate Diploma Program — Part-Time, 12-Month Intake

Health; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 78,000 - 106,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

SA Health's Southern Adelaide Local Health Network invites applications for the 2027 Graduate Diploma Mental Health Program for Registered Nurses at Flinders Medical Centre. You'll gain specialist mental health skills while delivering recovery-focused care across Adelaide's southern metro.

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, you will progressively assume more nursing autonomy while integrating your Graduate Diploma studies into everyday practice, within a supportive multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Registered as a Nurse with NMBA and holds a current practicing certificate.
• Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course.
• Effective communication and conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team with increasing autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and coordinate service delivery with other disciplines.
• Provide direct person-centred nursing care with increasing autonomy.
• Participate in quality improvement to enhance patient safety.
• Deliver health promotion and education to patients and carers.
• Participate in evaluative research activities within the practice.

Skills

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Nursing clinical competence

Education

Nursing registration (NMBA)

Mental health course enrollment

Job description

SA Health's Southern Adelaide Local Health Network invites applications for the 2027 Graduate Diploma Mental Health Program for Registered Nurses at Flinders Medical Centre. You'll gain specialist mental health skills while delivering recovery-focused care across Adelaide's southern metro.

Reporting to the Nurse Unit Manager, you will progressively assume more nursing autonomy while integrating your Graduate Diploma studies into everyday practice, within a supportive multidisciplinary team.