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• Women's and Children's Health Network, Forensic Services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Enfield (5085)
• Salary - Classification - RN/M3 - Registered Nurse/Midwife LV 3 - $125,183 to $130,779
• Employment Full time - Term Contract (temporary up to January 2026)

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.
• Ensures and provides 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. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
• Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year. Click here more information
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply 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 reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
• 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.

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Special Conditions

To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.

Immunisation Requirements Checklist

Applicant Documents Checklist

Application Instructions

You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.

Other Important Information

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.

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.

Enquiries

Marina Valadian

Position: Clinical Coordinator

Phone: 71173800

E-mail: marina.valadian@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 14/8/2025 – 11:55pm

Useful Links

RN3 - Nurse Consultant Forensic Service CAMHS - Role Description.pdf