Job no: 909892
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Eastern
Categories: Nursing/Midwifery
About the Opportunity
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS Forensic Service team as a Senior Nurse, where you will be responsible for:
* Providing direct expert forensic mental health care for an individual or group of clients and clinical leadership to multidisciplinary staff.
* Ensuring and providing quality forensic mental health services to children, adolescents and their families experiencing complex, social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, within a multidisciplinary, interagency team and forensic context.
* Providing services at the Youth Court, Kurlana Tapa Youth Justice Centre and some after hours work, including occasional shifts on a Saturday.
* Providing mental health nursing care.
About You
If you are a registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience and you have demonstrated competence in delivering proficient and comprehensive mental health nursing assessment and direct clinical services to children, young people and their families experiencing complex, acute or chronic mental illness/ trauma or a wide range of emotional and behavioural disturbance, then this role is for you.
To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.
What WCHN Can Offer You
* Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility.
* Salary package including benefits up to $9,010 each FBT year plus $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
* Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program).
* Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (not applicable to network community sites).
* 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 and specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is a free community-based tertiary mental health service provided through the WCHN across South Australia, providing care to those with severe and/or complex mental health needs. CAMHS provides services to infants / children / young people up to 18 (16 in some areas) for community, statewide and hospital-based services for perinatal women.
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.
Enquiries
Marina Valadian
Position: Clinical Coordinator
Phone: 71173800
E-mail: marina.valadian@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
28/9/2025 – 11:55pm
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