Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Northern Mental Health – ModburySalary: $121,537 - $126,970 p.a.– RN/M3; Temporary Full-Time 12 months from commencement About Us:The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care for more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide and boasts newly redeveloped wards and Emergency and Outpatient Departments, with plans for the addition of more brand-new facilities in the near future.NALHN provides a full range of high-quality medical, surgical, maternity, diagnostic, emergency and support services.NALHN offers a range of primary health care services across the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide, with a focus on providing preventive and health promoting programs in the community, and transition and hospital substitution and avoidance programs targeted at chronic disease and frail aged.With a workforce of almost 6,500 employees, NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, whilst building a highly skilled, engaged and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity and accountability.Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.Benefits of working at NALHN:From salary packaging to flexible working arrangements, a large range of opportunities for movement and career progression, you'll find there are lots of benefits of working with Northern Adelaide Local Health Network.Salary packaging is an option for saving money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed.Across SA Health there are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and career at any of our metropolitan or regional sites.Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants from interstate or overseas.About You:Are you a dedicated, compassionate and enthusiastic Nurse Consultant looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic, growing healthcare network where you will be part of a supportive team delivering high quality care to the community?If so, then this could be the opportunity for you.This position will offer you professional growth opportunities within a supportive and inclusive culture.About the Role:An exciting opportunity is presented to work within the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Nurse Consultant within Forensic Services.As Nurse Consultant you will be responsible for providing the pivotal coordination of patient care delivery, drawing on your extensive clinical knowledge and experience.The main focus of this role is clinical assessment and completion of court reports, including referrals of consumers appearing in Magistrates Courts in South Australia to appropriate services, with the aim of achieving continuity, quality of patient care and outcomes.You will assist the magistrates courts by providing advice and assistance concerning consumers who are to appear before the courts, with the aim to ensure appropriate orders and outcomes occur.The position will be located in Elizabeth, but may include having to cover other courts in Port Adelaide, Christies Beach and Adelaide -as determined by the Team Leader and Head of Unit for the Forensic Court Service.Employees classified at this level provide clinical nursing/midwifery expertise for specified individual patients/clients and/or groups/populations, and/or provide clinical leadership for an area of practice, and may work in a variety of clinical settings.Employees classified at this level are experts within their area and stream of practice and have a significant degree of autonomy and decision making.Various practice models may be used to enact this role, including but not limited to: Primarily providing nursing/midwifery care;Providing clinical leadership to nurses/midwives;Nurse Practitioner Candidate: Nurses classified at this level are working towards becoming an expert and being able to provide extended practice in their specialist field, within their scope of practice.They develop their capacity for extended practice by increasing their knowledge and skills through ongoing clinical exposure, post graduate qualifications and mentoring, with supervision by an authorised nurse practitioner and/or medical staff.Employees in this role accept accountability for their nursing/midwifery practice, the outcomes of nursing/midwifery practices for the specific patient/client group, the professional advice given, delegations of care made and for addressing inconsistencies between practice and policy.To be eligible for this position, you must:Educational/Vocational Qualifications: 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, enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.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.Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check.Check(s) 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 (direct contact with blood or body substances) SA Health Services are required to implement the in the workplace.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.Job Ref: 870286EnquiriesShelagh LathamNurse ManagerPhone: 0434 852 428E-mail: Application Closing Date28 June - 11.55PM AttachmentsRole Description * 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