Clinical Nurse or Mental Health Nurse

**Job no**: 901007
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern, Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Nursing/Midwifery
- **Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Modbury Hospital - Modbury**:

- **Salary**: $87,416 - $110.497 p.a.**plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits** **- RN/M2 - Ongoing Full-Time**

**About the Role**:
Are you a Clinical Nurse or Mental Health Nurse who enjoys working as part of a team and is interested in working with individuals with intellectual disabilities?

An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Clinical Nurse or Mental Health Nurse within the SA Intellectual Disability Health Service (SAIDHS). SAIDHS is the state-wide health service for adults with intellectual disabilities and complex care needs.

The SAIDHS Clinical Nurse or Mental Health Nurse works in collaboration with the patient, their family, carers, NDIS providers, community clinicians, and other members of the SAIDHS interdisciplinary team, to effectively plan and provide healthcare services for people with intellectual disabilities. Working out of a community-based setting at Ingle Farm, the Clinical Nurse Mental Health provides clinical assessment and support in collaboration with SAIDHS clinicians and liaises with GPs and other primary health care providers.

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia.

This is an exciting opportunity to deliver holistic, high-quality care within a service committed to improving the health and wellbeing of individuals with intellectual disabilities.

As a **Clinical Nurse or Mental Health Nurse,**you will provide nursing services in a variety of health service settings which have been consolidated by experience and/or further study, developing from a competent to proficient practitioner. In this role you will accept accountability for your own practice standards, activities delegated to others and the guidance and development of less experienced staff. The Clinical Nurse role continues to be predominantly clinical in nature, however employees are assigned appropriate portfolios.

To be eligible for this position, you must be registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or who is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate or you must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice.

**About You**:
Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Clinical or Mental Health Nurse looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills. which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

**About Us**:
The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality medical services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care. Recently, NALHN has upgraded its facilities and plans to expand further. The network provides primary health care with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management. With nearly 6,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

**Benefits of working at NALHN**:
From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you’ll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.

Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.

NALHN supports and fosters a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible