SA Health
Job reference: 913608
Location: 5700 - PORT AUGUSTA
Job status: Ongoing
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
• Various locations - Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie or Kadina
• Registered Nurse Level 3, $125,183 - $130,779 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full time, permanent opportunity

Location

Experience the best of regional living in Whyalla, Port Augusta, Port Pirie or Kadina. Enjoy affordable housing, a lower cost of living, and a balanced lifestyle with access to beaches, outdoor recreation, family-friendly communities, local schools and health services, plus the strong sense of connection and support found in close-knit regional towns.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person listed below for further information.
• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Fitness Passport - giving regional employees and their families unlimited access to a range of gyms, pools, and health facilities, providing variety and flexibility. It supports regular exercise, wellbeing, and a healthy lifestyle while connecting with the community.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), offering free, confidential counselling for employees, and their immediate families, and is available at sites across regional locations.
• WCHN promotes flexible ways of working. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

About the role

Join the Northern Country CAMHS team as a Nurse Consultant, providing specialist clinical leadership and expert mental health nursing care to children and young people aged 0-16 years and their families across regional South Australia. In this role, you will lead, coordinate and contribute to team-based activities and programs that improve client and service outcomes. You will deliver comprehensive mental health assessments, implement evidence-based therapeutic interventions, and develop collaborative treatment plans for clients accessing CAMHS services. The role also involves providing mobile outreach to young people in the community who are unable to access mainstream mental health services. Working closely with multidisciplinary teams and community partners, you will mentor staff, support high-quality clinical practice, and contribute to service planning and development within a supportive regional environment with strong community connections.

Skills and Experience

• 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 in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.
• Registered Nurse with at least 3 years post registration experience.
• Effective leadership skills including highly developed skills in communication, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills.

About WCHN
Join the Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), South Australia's leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We're shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

Enquiries can be directed to

Kim Whitehead, Service Manager, Northern Country CAMHS, (08) 7117 3700 or kim.whitehead@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

• Role Description RN3 Senior Nurse-Clinical Coordinator - CAMHS Country Northern Service
• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Tuesday, 3rd February 2027, 11:55PM

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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.