Nurse Consultant

Job no: 910395

Work type: Part time

Location: Adelaide CBD, Adelaide Metro Eastern

Categories: Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health

• Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services (PIMHS), Kaurna Land, North Adelaide 5006

• Salary

• Classification- RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3- $125,183.00 to $130, Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits

• Part time (1 day per week) - Term Contract (Temporary until 12 May 2027)

About the Opportunity

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS team as a Nurse Consultant - Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Services, where you will be responsible for:

• Providing expert clinical care and leadership in perinatal and infant mental health services.
• Assessing, planning, and coordinating client-centred care with independent clinical decision-making.
• Leading multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure culturally sensitive, equitable mental health services.
• Promoting access and equity of services for people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Driving quality improvement through education, practice guideline development, and service evaluation.
• Fostering a positive, safe work environment promoting learning, innovation, and team wellbeing.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Registered Nurse (or eligible) with current practicing certificate and mental health qualification or enrolment.
• Minimum 3 years post-registration experience in mental health nursing, preferably perinatal focus.
• Proven expertise in risk assessment and management of women with perinatal mental health issues.
• Strong leadership skills with experience in staff development, change management, and multidisciplinary teamwork.
• Demonstrated ability to provide education and clinical supervision to nurses, midwives, and students.
• Effective communicator with problem-solving, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills in complex care settings.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women's and Children's Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
• Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program

About Us

The Women's & Children's Health Network is the state's leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:

• specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
• state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
• community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia's women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to ing 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important 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.

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Enquiries

Tina Bull- Administration Coordinator, Phone: , E-mail:

Application Closing Date: Tuesday 9th September :55pm

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Advertised: 26 Aug 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 09 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time