Registered Nurse - Community Mental Health Service - Canterbury Core Team
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time, 38 hours per week
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $74,317 - $104,336 per annum + Superannuation
Location: Canterbury Community Health
Requisition ID: REQ623370
Sydney Local Health District is one of the fastest growing Local Health Districts in New South Wales. Our facilities and services are world class and our staff are dedicated, innovative and caring.
About the Role
Community Mental Health Services provide a range of services designed to help support the recovery and help consumer stay well in the community. The team provide specialist services for young people, children and families, adults, and older people. Community mental health services include a specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Team, bilingual mental health workers and Peer Support Workers. Our main sites are at Canterbury, Croydon, Camperdown, Marrickville, and Redfern Community Health Services. The role will be based at Canterbury Community Health.
The “Community Mental Health Team” (Core Team) is the mainstay of the community mental health system. Core Teams and provide a range of clinical services including intake, assessment, consultation, treatment ,and care coordination. Care coordination is the main component of this model of care and includes extended care coordination, targeted packages of care, and short term care coordination.
Consumers under the care of Core Teams will either have:
- Short term interventions and may be discharged or referred back to their GPs or other treatment providers after a period of weeks or months.
- A period of treatment as recommended by evidence based practice.
- Ongoing care and monitoring for prolonged periods.
The Mental Health Nurse will practice in keeping with the standardised SLHD Position Description for the profession in addition to this position description.
For more information, please view the Position Description.
Ideal Candidate
- Current nursing registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA).
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills within a multidisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated commitment to person centred care and NSW Health Core Values.
Benefits
- Allocated Day Off (ADO) each month, paid parental leave and annual leave loading.
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging and Novated Leasing. For more information visit SalaryPackagingPlus.
- Access to free courses, qualifications and coaching via Sydney Education.
- Access to confidential EAP counselling for staff and their families.
- Because we care about your health: Free annual influenza vaccination, discounted Fitness Passport membership, and free telehealth nutrition and wellness resources from qualified professionals.
For more information about other benefits, please visit SLHD Benefits.
This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
Working for Sydney Local Health District - NSW Health
This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).
SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health. For more information, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/.
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For enquiries, please contact Chloe Van Loon via email at Chloe.VanLoon@health.nsw.gov.au.
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Applications Close: 4 December 2025
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