Assistant in Nursing

Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Assistant in Nursing NSLHD Casual Pool

Employment Type: Casual

Position Classification: Assistant In Nursing

Remuneration: $26.15 - $28.69 per hour

Requisition ID: REQ603052

We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There's a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams' voices. You'll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities' lives.

Note: NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination, and racism.

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) Casual Pool and become a valued member of the Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) casual pool. NSLHD has a person-centred care approach within a practice development framework. The MHDA casual pool offers flexibility of shifts and locations. If you are in your second year of undergraduate nursing studies with clinical placement nursing experience, we encourage you to apply.

We are looking for enthusiastic, dynamic and dedicated Assistants in Nursing to join our casual pool. There will be opportunities to work across all units and gain a variety of mental health experience.

The role of the Assistant in Nursing (AIN) within Mental Health Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) Services is to support both the nursing and multidisciplinary team under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN). The AIN assists in the provision of nursing care to mental health patients within an acute care setting and provides direct patient care activities that support the recovery of acute mental health patients under the supervision of an RN. The role also involves collecting health care information, documenting and communicating the information back to the RN.

Northern Sydney Local Health District facilities are located in Sydney\'s North Shore, Northern Suburbs and Northern Beaches districts. The AIN within Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services demonstrates competence in the provision of patient-centred care across a range of both acute and non-acute care settings providing support to both the nursing and multidisciplinary team.

Our vision is to be "leaders in healthcare, partners in community wellbeing". Our purpose is "embracing discovery and learning, building partnerships and engaging our community to deliver excellent health and wellbeing."

We build teams and health services that embrace our CORE values: Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Our CORE values and the behaviours that underpin them shape the way we work together with our patients and consumers to deliver excellent health and wellbeing. If you'd like to be part of our journey we want to hear from you.

The NSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Workforce will be compassionate, competent, confident, contemporary, capable and committed to leading person-centred health care.

MHDA Declaration: Each person's unique journey of recovery will be supported by mental health drug and alcohol services in a way that fosters hope, purpose and resilience.

MHDA Statement of Intention: The intention of the NSLHD MHDA is to provide recovery-oriented, trauma-informed services that are guided by evidence-based practices and collaboration.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.

Candidates Will Need To Meet The Following Criteria

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrate these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• Currently enrolled in second or third year of a Bachelor of Nursing or degree deemed appropriate; or current enrolment in Diploma of Nursing (HLT54121) with evidence of completion of Block 1; or completion of HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in Nursing Work in Acute Care).
• Please indicate where you have completed an acute Mental Health clinical placements as part of your undergraduate nursing degree or AIN course.
• Please demonstrate how you communicate effectively with both written and verbal communication skills incorporating your effective interpersonal skills.

Click here for the Position Description. Find out more about applying for this position. For role related queries or questions contact Alynne Margaret Ledesma on NSLHD-NMDCasualPoolAgency@health.nsw.gov.au.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy. You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

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Applications Close: 22 September 2025