Nurse Consultant - Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician

• Eyre and Far North Local Health Network, Port Lincoln
• Salary: $121,537 - $126,970 p.a. - Temporary Full Time (up to 7 November 2024) - RN/M3  

Overview

We have a great leadership opportunity for a Nurse Consultant – Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician who will provide clinical, educational and professional Mental Health services within the Port Lincoln Hospital Services.

The Nurse Consultant - Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician works in partnership with a range of stakeholders from regional South Australia (SA) and Rural and Remote Mental Health Services (RRMHS) to ensure comprehensive care and timely transition to community care. The Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician will be responsible for providing resources, education and mentoring to Eyre Far North LHN staff to improve skills in assessment and care of Mental Health consumers.

In this role, the Nurse Consultant provides clinical nursing expertise to contribute to the improvement of high quality, safe Mental Health services and provides clinical and consultancy services that support the recovery of Mental Health consumers across community, acute and rehabilitation service settings.

Various practice models may be used to enact this role, including but not limited to:

• Primarily providing expert Mental Health nursing care;
• Providing clinical leadership to nurses; and
• Coordination and leadership of projects and/or programs that contribute clinical expertise to improve consumer/service outcomes.

Eligibility

Applicants 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. Must hold a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing (or equivalent).

For more details, please see the job pack below.

Important Information

Being part of Eyre and Far North Local Health Network means you will be supported both personally and professionally, can take advantage of education and training opportunities, will have access to flexible working hours and be part of an inter-professional approach to holistic health care.

To find out more about working in Eyre and Far North LHN visit Eyre and Far North LHN | SA Health.

In addition to the annual salary and entitlements (superannuation & leave loading), we also offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is. For information about Relocation Support working for SA Health can be found here.

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.

Check(s)

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• 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 B (indirect contact with blood or body substances)

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: 855104.

Enquiries

Name: Andrea Triggs
Title: Director, Mental Health EFNLHN
Phone: 0435 569 ***
E-mail: *************@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Friday 2nd February 2024 - 11.55PM

Attachments

 855104 Nurse Consultant - Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician Job Pack.pdf

 JCS+RN+Mental+Health+final.pdf

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