Mental Health Clinical Liaison

**Job no**: 891893
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Murray and Mallee
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery
- **Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Riverland Integrated Mental Health (MH) Team**:

- **location based in Berri**:

- **Salary RN/M3 $125,183 to $130,779 p.a.**:

- **Temporary Full Time Contract (up to 19 February 2027)**

**Join Our Team as a Nurse Consultant - Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician**

Are you a passionate and experienced Mental Health Nurse looking for an opportunity to make a lasting impact on mental health care in regional and rural communities? Do you thrive in a leadership role where your expertise can shape service delivery and improve patient outcomes? If so, we invite you to join our dynamic team as a Nurse Consultant - Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician in the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network (YNLHN).

**About the Role**:
As a Nurse Consultant - Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician, you will play a pivotal role in providing clinical, educational, and professional mental health services within the Mental Health (MH) Inpatient Services. Working in partnership with a range of stakeholders across regional South Australia and the Rural and Remote Mental Health Service (RRMHS), you will provide expert consultation and leadership to enhance the quality of mental health care.

In this role, you will:

- Provide expert mental health nursing care and clinical leadership to improve patient outcomes.
- Mentor and educate staff to build skills in managing mental health consumers and improve service delivery.
- Take on a leadership role in coordinating projects and programs that enhance clinical practice and service improvement.
- Ensure accountability for mental health nursing practice and ensure practices align with policies and best practices.
- Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams to support recovery-focused care for mental health consumers across a range of settings, including community, acute, and rehabilitation services.

**What You’ll Bring**:

- Current registration as a Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and eligibility for a current practising certificate.
- A Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing (or equivalent).
- At least 3 years of post-registration experience in mental health nursing.
- Demonstrated expertise in mental health nursing, with strong leadership and supervision skills.
- Experience working with Aboriginal consumers and a commitment to providing culturally sensitive care.
- Proven ability to mentor, lead, and support multidisciplinary teams in mental health settings.

**Ready to Make a Difference?**

**About RMCLHN**

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.
- We will provide support, both personally and professionally
- Give you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role
- Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments
- Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety
- Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
- Looking for a change in scenery? - Nursing & Midwifery

**Applicant Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
- Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category A

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job ref**:891893**.

**Enquiries**

Elisabeth Buck
A/AdNUM Riverland Integrated Mental Health Team
Phone: 8580 2525

**Application Closing Date**

24 January 2025 - 11.55PM

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**Advertised**: 10 Jan 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 24 Jan 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time