SA Health
Job reference: 863123
Location: 5092 - MODBURY
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone
- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Adult Community Mental Health - Modbury
- Professional Organisational Development Nurse Consultant
- Salary: $121,537 - $126,970 p.a. RN/M3; Temporary Full-Time - 12 Month Contract
About Us:The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future. NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services. NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.Benefits of working at NALHN:From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.
About You:Are you a dedicated, compassionate, enthusiastic and experienced community clinical nurse or
Nurse Consultant who is keen to use their skills in a Professional Organisational Development
Nurse Consultant role to develop the skills of a new generation of
Mental Health Nurses? Are you looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community? If so, then this could be the opportunity for you. This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.In this role you will have strong clinical, interpersonal and communication skills which in conjunction with competent teaching and supervision skills, will enable you to build the competency and skills of novice
Mental Health nurses within a
Community Mental Health team and assist them to translate their learning into practice. You will have the skills to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a complex environment is essential to this role.
About the Role:An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a
Nurse Consultant within
Adult Community Mental Health.The Professional Organisational Development
Nurse Consultant position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture. In this key position you will demonstrate your experience and previous success working as a Registered
Mental Health Nurse to ensure high quality care is delivered to our consumers.Employees classified at this level provide clinical nursing expertise for
Mental Health consumers and provide clinical leadership within
Community Mental Health. Employees classified at this level are experts within their area and stream of practice and have a significant degree of autonomy and decision making.Various practice models may be used to enact this role, including but not limited to:
- Primarily providing nursing care;
- Providing clinical leadership to nurses;
Employees in this role accept accountability for their nursing practice, the outcomes of nursing practices for the specific client group, the professional advice given, delegations of care made and for addressing inconsistencies between practice and policy.To be eligible for this position, you must be 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. You must be enrolled in an approved
Mental Health course or holds a qualification in
Mental Health practice.Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.Check(s)
- 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 (direct contact with blood or body substances)SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 863123EnquiriesGerald YeohNurse ManagerPhone: 0435 962 408E-mail:
Application Closing Date28 June 2024 - 11.55PMAttachments
- Refer to the SA Health Career Website - for further information
Flexibility Statement
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
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