Mental Health Nurse Consultant

Job no: 914928

Work type: Full time

Location: Murray and Mallee

Categories: Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Murray Bridge
• RN/M3 | Full Time Contract | Temporary (contract up to 3 years)
• Salary: $125,183 - $130,779 p.a
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Mental Health Nurse Consultant - Join Our Compassionate Team in Murray Bridge Riverland Integrated Mental Health Team

Make a meaningful impact by providing expert clinical nursing leadership that supports recovery-focused mental health services across community, acute, and rehabilitation settings. This is your opportunity to apply advanced skills, drive service improvement, and support positive outcomes for consumers.

About the Role:

As a Mental Health Nurse Consultant, you will provide clinical nursing expertise to ensure the delivery of high-quality, safe mental health care. Working with a high degree of autonomy, you will deliver expert nursing care, provide clinical leadership to other nurses, and coordinate projects and programs that enhance consumer and service outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering expert clinical mental health nursing care.
• Providing clinical leadership, mentoring, and guidance to nurses.
• Coordinating and leading projects and programs to improve mental health services.
• Supporting recovery-focused approaches across community, acute, and rehabilitation settings.
• Accepting accountability for your practice, professional advice, and for addressing inconsistencies between practice and policy.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute your expertise, lead meaningful improvements in mental health care, and play a key role in supporting the wellbeing of your community

What We're Looking For:

• 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.
• Holds a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing (or equivalent).
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in the mental health nursing practice in accordance with the relevant standards.
• Demonstrated experience in the supervision and leadership of multidisciplinary staff, student nurses, enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses and/or midwives.
• Experience working with Aboriginal consumers.

About Us

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 giving 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.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• 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: 914928

Enquiries

Deb Petch

Personal Assistant

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Application Closing Date

Friday 17th October PM

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Advertised: 19 Sep 2025 Cen. Australia Standard Time

Applications close: 17 Oct 2025 Cen. Australia Daylight Time