Eating Disorders Rn2

**Job no**: 886938
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Eating Disorder Service - North Adelaide (5006) + Elizabeth (5112)**
- **Salary**- **Classification - RN/M2 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 2 - $84,870 to $107,279**
- **Full time - Ongoing Contract**

**About the Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the **CAMHS Eating Disorders Service** as a** Clinical Nurse **where you will be responsible for:

- Delivering direct child and adolescent mental health eating disorders care to consumers with complex needs.
- The provision of assessment, education, counselling and group work.
- The provision of health education, physical health monitoring, therapeutic interventions, such as, Family Based Treatment, counselling and rehabilitation programs to improve mental health/eating disorder outcomes.
- Working collaboratively with consumers in the development of individual care/treatment plans using a recovery framework.
- Promote access and equity of services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people and their families.
- Role is based in North Adelaide but will travel to our Elizabeth site 1-2 days per week.

**About You**
- Registered or eligible for registration as a nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds, or is eligible to hold, a current practicing certificate.
- Must be enrolled in an approved mental health course or hold a qualification in mental health practice.
- Demonstrated ability to relate to people from a diverse range of cultural and social backgrounds.
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to work with individuals and families for positive mental health outcomes and to foster productive working relationships across disciplines.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct mental health assessment and therapeutic interventions of a complex nature with children, adolescents with eating disorders and /OR emotional and behavioural difficulties,
- Knowledge of the mental and physical impact of eating disorders on the individual and the family unit.

**What WCHN Can Offer You**
- 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.)
- 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 click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

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**Application Instructions**

**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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. **Job Ref: 886938**

**Enquiries**

Tegan McLean

Position: Clinical Coordinator

Phone: 8161 7227

**Application Closing Date**: Wednesday 1 January 2025 - **11:55pm**

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