Older Persons Mental Health Clinician

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network Berri
• RN/M2C Full Time Contract Temporary (up to 7 October 2026)
• Salary:$87416 - $110497 p.a
• Eligibility: Open to Everyone

Join Our Team as an Older Persons Mental Health Clinical Nurse Lead with Expertise and Compassion

Make a meaningful impact by delivering specialist mental health nursing services for older people supporting consumers carers and families through high-quality person-centred care. This role offers the opportunity to apply your advanced clinical experience while contributing to an integrated and responsive mental health service.

About the Role:

As an Older Persons Mental Health Clinical Nurse you will apply your consolidated clinical experience and specialist knowledge to plan implement and evaluate a comprehensive range of services tailored to the needs of older consumers. Working across a variety of health service settings you will provide mental health nursing care as a practitioner developing from competent to proficient practice while ensuring care is sensitive effective and evidence based.

You will accept accountability for your own practice standards for activities you delegate to others and for supporting the development of less experienced staff. While the role remains predominantly clinical you will also be assigned appropriate portfolio responsibilities that align with your performance and professional development goals negotiated as part of your career this position you will play a key role in supporting high-quality mental health care for older people and strengthening service delivery across the network.

What Were Looking For:

• Registered or eligible for registration as a Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and who holds or who is eligible to hold a current practicing certificate.
• Must hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in Mental Health practice.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years full time equivalent post registration mental health experience.
• Demonstrated competence in Older Persons Mental Health nursing practice in accordance with the appropriate standards of practice.
• Experience in the leadership and direction of student nurses enrolled nurses and less experienced registered nurses / clinicians.
• Experience working with Aboriginal consumers.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network called RMCLHN for short supports more than 70000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark Paringa Berri Barmera Waikerie Loxton Pinnaroo Lameroo Karoonda Mannum Murray Bridge Tailem Bend Meningie Tintinara and Coonalpyn.Click herefor more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work personal life and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefitswatch a shortvideoabout what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support where information available fromSA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Looking for a change in scenery Nursing & Midwifery

Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working 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:

• DHS National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Worker Check
• 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

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: 921977

Enquiries

Deb Petch
Personal Assistant
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Application Closing Date

Tuesday 23rd December 2025 - 11.55PM

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