About the role
RN-1 Nurses classified at this level provide nursing services in health service settings. Nurses working at this level develop from novice practitioners to a proficient level of professional practice. They consolidate knowledge and skills and develop in capability through continuous professional development and experience. At this level the nurse accepts accountability for their own standards of nursing care and for activities delegated to others.
RN-2 The CN provides mental health nursing care in a variety of settings across the MHCP. The CN’s practice has been consolidated by experience and/or further study. CNs are expected to demonstrate ongoing practice development from competent to proficient practitioners. The CN accepts accountability for their own practice standards, activities delegated to others and the guidance and development of less experienced staff. The CN role is predominantly clinical in nature; however, CNs may be assigned appropriate portfolios consistent with their career development plan and MHCP priorities. CNs may be required to be involved in clinical teaching and/or research; wider or external work on complex or MHCP wide projects such as clinical protocols, guidelines and / or process mapping and / or specific activity and / or portfolio responsibility.
Qualifications
Registered as a Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia and holds a current practising certificate.
• Hold a qualification in mental health nursing equivalent to a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing.
About CALHN
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.
We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.
What we offer
Essential Requirements:
Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Application Information:
Job ref: 865144
Enquiries to:
Harry Shelat
Telephone: 7425 5555
himanshu.shelat@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
11:55 pm Friday 6 September 2024
Attachments
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines