Clinical Nurse Specialist

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time

Location: Nepean Mental Health Centre

Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2

Remuneration: $ $60.75 per hour

Hours Per Week: up to 38

Requisition ID: REQ616286

Application Close: 09/11/2025

With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment

working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed

and develop in your chosen career role.

About Us

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.

The Nepean Mental Health Centre provides inpatient care for people experiencing acute mental health issues through the short-stay Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre (PECC), the Acute Mental Health Unit, Mental Health High Dependency Unit, and Older Persons Mental Health Unit. We support our Patients by linking them to case managers for ongoing treatment and support within an environment appropriate to the person's needs.

Are you a skilled Registered Nurse ready to take the next step in your career? Join a team where your advanced expertise, leadership, and collaborative spirit will help shape the future of mental health care.

As a Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 (CNS2), you'll bring high-level clinical knowledge and skill to a multidisciplinary team, delivering complex mental health assessments, nursing treatments, and coordinated referrals in line with current guidelines and best practice standards. Your specialist insight into psychosocial interventions, evidence-based care, and the referral process will be instrumental in supporting consumers through their recovery journey. Based within the Triage and Assessment Centre, this role is central to providing timely, effective, and compassionate care that achieves meaningful outcomes for individuals, families, and carers.

If you're passionate about delivering excellence in mental health nursing and thrive in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment, we invite you to bring your expertise to a service that values innovation, empathy, and impact.

Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees

• Accrued Day Off (ADO) for Full Time employees
• Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
• Novated Leasing
• Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
• Fitness Passport

NBMLHD is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects the community we serve. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+, Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) people, neurodiverse individuals, and people with disabilities to apply.

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What you will bring to the role

• Current registration to practice as a Registered Nurse (Division 1) with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Authority (AHPRA) and current Driver's License and willingness to use for work purpose travel
• Post-registration qualifications in Mental Health Nursing with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience working in a Mental Health specialty area, or such other qualifications or equivalent experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation.
• An understanding of the recovery philosophy and trauma informed care in Mental Health and the ability to implement those within clinical practice utilising their clinical expertise with the ability to work independently.
• Commitment to champion, educate and lead a multidisciplinary team to improve consumer outcomes as part of a team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with clients, carers and a diverse range of health care providers
• Demonstrated problem solving and decision-making abilities according to best practice
• Demonstrated commitment to clinical practice development
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision maintaining involvement within the wider multidisciplinary team

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