Mental Health Nurse (Updated 31012024)

Nunkuwarrin Yunti, the foremost Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Adelaide aims to promote and deliver improvement in the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families in the greater metropolitan areas of Adelaide and regional areas to advance their social, cultural and economic status. The Organisation places a strong focus on a client centered approach to the delivery of services and a collaborative working culture to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.

Nunkuwarrin Yunti is a Child Safe Organisation.

About the Program

Primary Care Services provides comprehensive primary health care to the Aboriginal community. The multi-disciplinary team consists of Aboriginal Health Workers and Practitioners, a Clinical Services Officer, Nurses and General Practitioners and General Practice Registrars. Services are augmented by the Oral Health (Dental) Program and a range of visiting medical specialists and allied health professionals. The PCS team liaises and works closely with the New Directions Mothers and Babies program, the Social and Emotional Wellbeing program and the Community Health Promotion and Education program to ensure a high standard of integrated and coordinated client care.

The Primary Care - Mental Health Care Services (PMHCS) Program is funded by the Adelaide Primary Health Network. This Program will utilise comprehensive needs assessment, service mapping and evidence-based Mental Health plans to implement a flexible system with effective interventions in the way services and programs are delivered across the lifespan and across the trajectory of Mental Health disorders.

About the Role

The primary role of the Registered Nurse / Clinical Care Coordinator is and not limited to:

• Provide program coordinator of Mental Health service delivery within PCS
• Provide evidence-based client care and services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are living with severe mental disorders, and support their families and carers
• Work collaboratively to engage, improve and maintain links with GPs and psychiatrists, and other service providers, including allied health professionals, and liaise with external agencies to deliver best practice psycho-social services
• Use available information systems and best practice evidence to inform program planning and clinical decision-making, and to evaluate outcomes
• Operate within a professional practice framework appropriate to the position and role

Remuneration

This position is under the Nunkuwarrin Yunti Enterprise Agreement classification of Nurse Level 3 (Salary sacrifice and paid Christmas and New Year break)

To Apply

Note: For all roles within Nunkuwarrin Yunti, the successful candidate would require a mandatory Working with Children Check (SA), National Police Check and a valid Driver License.

As a condition of employment, the successful candidate are required to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or have a medical exemption.

Please complete your application with your Resume, a Cover Letter and the Application Questions during your application submission. Incomplete application will not be considered.

We encourage and thank all applicants for their time, however only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.

Should you have any queries or for further information please contact HR via **@nunku.org.au

Due to the nature of this role, Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Please note applications close by COB 23 February 2024

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately and we reserve our right to close this position at any time if a suitable candidate is found.

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All positions within Nunkuwarrin Yunti of SA Inc will be required to undergo a six (6) months probationary period.

ESSENTIAL – includes qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge

• Registered as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia via Australian Health Practitioner Registration Authority (AHPRA), with at least three (3) years post registration experience
• Qualifications and experience in Mental Health nursing
• Extensive experience working in an Aboriginal primary health care setting and an understanding of how a range of issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may impact their health
• Demonstrated experience working effectively with Aboriginal people living with severe Mental Health disorders and comorbidities including drug and alcohol misuse
• Excellent organisational and time management skills and the ability to operate autonomously with limited direct supervision
• Ability to work under pressure in a busy workplace environment, to assess priorities and meet deadlines, and respond appropriate to difficult and/or stressful situations in a calm, sensitive and professional manner
• Demonstrated ability to deliver a higher level of professional judgment and clinical competence in evidence based Mental Health service delivery and care coordination, and a sound understanding of clinical governance
• Demonstrated competence setting client-centred goals and strategies using the best available evidence

DESIRABLE

• Experience working, setting up and coordinating in an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service
• An understanding of the social determinants of health and the ability to practice within this framework
• Capacity to provide innovative solutions to complex problems, and ability to engage, negotiate and resolve conflict