RMCLHN - RN​/RN​/RN- Mental Nursing

RMCLHN - RN1/RN2C/RN3 - Mental Health Nursing

Job no: 929658

Work type:
Full time

Location:

Murray and Mallee

Categories:
Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery

• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network - Multiple Locations
• RN/M1 | $77,824 - $106,187 per annum
• RN/M2C | $90,913 - $114,917 per annum
• RN/M3 | $130,190 - $136,010 per annum

You will contribute to the delivery of integrated mental health care across community, acute, and rehabilitation settings, using a combination of preventative, early‑intervention, therapeutic, and evaluative approaches. This may include individual and family therapeutic work, group programmes, health promotion, and community development activities.

Professionals appointed at this level will consolidate and expand their clinical knowledge and skills through continuous development and experience. You will accept accountability for your own practice standards and for the activities you delegate to others, ensuring care is delivered safely, ethically, and in alignment with recovery‑oriented principles.

Applicants will further develop their practice from novice to proficient, working under professional guidance while contributing to multidisciplinary care and integrated service delivery.

• 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 practising certificate.
• Be enrolled and/or willing to enrol in further postgraduate studies within mental health practice.

Applicants will bring consolidated experience, practice as competent to proficient clinicians, guide less experienced staff, and may be assigned negotiated portfolio responsibilities aligned with their career development plan.

• 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 practising certificate.
• Must hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in Mental Health practice.

Applicants will bring advanced mental health nursing expertise, practice as proficient clinicians with independent decision‑making, lead and mentor staff, and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.

• 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 practising certificate.
• Holds a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing (or equivalent).

• RN1/RN2C – Mental Health Registered Nurse or Clinical Nurse – Term up to 2 years (1.0 FTE)
• RN2C – Older Persons Mental Health Clinician – Term up to 2 years (1.0 FTE)
• RN3A – Mental Health Clinical Liaison – Term up to 2 years (1.0 FTE)

• RN3A – Mental Health Clinical Liaison – Term up to 2 years (0.5 FTE)
• RN1/RN2C – Mental Health Registered Nurse or Clinical Nurse – Term up to 2 years (0.4 FTE)

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network (RMCLHN) supports more than 72,000 people living in rural South Australia by providing exceptional health care services across a range of towns and surrounding communities.

SA Health is committed to an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community, and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

Applicants may be eligible to access salary sacrifice benefits. To learn more about salary packaging, please watch this short video.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• 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

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Advertised: 23 Feb 2026 CEN. Australia Daylight Time

Applications close: 08 Mar 2026 11:55 PM CEN. Australia Daylight Time