Registered Nurse / Clinical Nurse - Adult Community Mental Health - Acute and Assertive Teams (multiple positions)

• Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Community Mental Health – SALISBURY SA 5108
• Salary: $77,824 - $106,187 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN1
• Salary: $90,913 - $114,917 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits – RN2C
• Ongoing Full-Time (Multiple Positions) 

Mental health nursing in the community is some of the most meaningful and complex work in the sector. If you're a Registered Nurse or Clinical Nurse with a commitment to recovery-oriented care, the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) has multiple ongoing opportunities for you to make a genuine difference across its Acute and Assertive Community Mental Health Teams in Salisbury.

Working within the NALHN Mental Health Service – Adult Service based at Salisbury - you will provide skilled clinical assessment, short-term intervention, and assertive follow-up to adults experiencing acute mental illness in the northern Adelaide community. Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting comprehensive mental health assessments and developing evidence-based care plans in collaboration with consumers and their support networks
• Delivering assertive outreach and home-based care to consumers with complex or high-acuity presentations
• Coordinating care across multidisciplinary teams, GPs, and community services to support safe transitions and continuity of care
• Contributing to risk assessment, safety planning, and timely clinical documentation within SA Health frameworks

• Demonstrated experience in mental health nursing, including acute or community-based settings
• Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2009 (SA) and recovery-oriented practice principles
• Confidence conducting independent clinical assessments and managing risk in a community environment
• Sound communication skills across multidisciplinary and consumer-facing contexts
• Compassionate, trauma informed approach to consumer care 
• Current, unrestricted South Australian driver's licence suitable for community outreach work

To be eligible for this position, you must be:

• Registered as a Nurse by the Nursing/Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) and who holds a current practicing certificate.
• Must be enrolled in an approved Mental Health course or holds a qualification in mental health practice.

In this role you will have robust yet compassionate interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining caring relationships. An ability to effectively balance multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a complex environment is essential to this role.

You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high‑quality health services within modern facilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive multi-disciplinary team, using a trauma informed recovery approach.

Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world-class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds “Most Liveable Cities” and “Most Beautiful Cities”, Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award-winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here. 

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide. 

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that enhance the quality of life for our community.

With over 7,500 employees, NALHN emphasises quality care and a supportive work environment guided by respect, integrity, and accountability. Our core values foster excellence, innovation, and equitable health outcomes. 

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows. 

NALHN provides a range of hospital (inpatient), outpatient, community and home-based services across multiple sites in Adelaide’s north and north-eastern suburbs, including Aboriginal health, mental health, and GP services.

Lyell McEwin Hospital – the major hospital in northern Adelaide for emergency care, complex and multi-day surgery, medicine, obstetric, paediatrics and outpatient services

Modbury Hospital – a general hospital with emergency care, elective surgery, medicine, outpatient and sub-acute services, rehabilitation, geriatric and palliative care.

Mental Health Services – adult and older persons mental health services and statewide forensic mental health services, across hospital and community settings.

Watto Purrunna Aboriginal Primary Health Care Services – provides culturally responsive primary healthcare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in-hospital and across four community sites.

Primary Health Care Services – including GP Plus sites at Elizabeth, Modbury and Gilles Plains.

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
• National Police Check (National Police Certificate) for vulnerable person-related employment and screening – apply to any of the accredited bodies approved to offer a service direct to the public. Accreditation is provided by the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. See our National Police Certificate accredited bodies page for links to lodge screening requests.

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 952375

Katrina Robinson

Nurse Manager

Phone: 0435 962 408

E-mail: Katrina.Robinson@sa.gov.au 

23 October 2026 - 11:55pm 

 952945 - Registered Nurse - OPMH Community - RN1 - Role Description.pdf

 952945 - Clinical Nurse - OPMH Community - RN2 - Role Description.pdf

For more information about Mental Health Nursing at NALHN visit our Mental Health Nursing Careers page.

* Refer to the SA Health Career Website – How to apply for further information.

Advertised: 09 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
Applications close: 23 Oct 2026 Cen. Australia Daylight Time

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