At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and support mental health care for patients, focusing on recovery and teamwork.
- Company: Join Northern Sydney Local Health District, a leader in community healthcare.
- Benefits: Enjoy salary packaging, fitness perks, and ongoing professional development.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with opportunities across multiple hospitals.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while growing your nursing career.
- Qualifications: Must be a Registered Nurse with mental health experience and strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 57.88 - 57.88 $ per hour.
Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) and the Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) are seeking Mental Health Registered Nurses to join our Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) Service. At NSLHD we value your strengths, appreciate your contribution, and support you to learn and grow.
Our benefits:
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing and Fitness Passport
- Clinical Supervision and ongoing specialist mental health education and leadership pathways to support your professional development.
Employment Type: Permanent & Temporary / Full Time & Part Time roles available
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $41.23 - $57.88 per hour
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ686674
Who we are:
We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work every day. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone. There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensuring that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working:
We have a number of specialised mental health nursing positions across the following sites: Macquarie Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and Northern Beaches Hospital, including specialist older persons and young person units. Currently, there are wonderful opportunities to join the mental health inpatient nursing team at the recently transitioned Northern Beaches Hospital and mental health inpatient units located at Royal North Shore, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai and Macquarie Hospitals and receive all entitlements offered by NSW Health.
What you'll be doing:
The mental health Registered Nurse (RN) within MHDA services leads and supports person-centred consumer health outcomes with a focus on recovery within inpatient health care settings. The mental health RN assumes a leadership role within the nursing team supporting, teaching, mentoring and leading nursing staff including Enrolled Nurses (EN) and Assistants in Nursing (AIN). The mental health RN leads and supports the implementation of specific mental health nursing care activities that support the multidisciplinary health care team.
The intention of the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service is to provide recovery-oriented, trauma-informed services that are guided by evidence-based practice and collaboration, recognising each person’s unique journey of recovery in a way that fosters hope, purpose, and resilience. People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background are encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Registered Nurse – Division 1 with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills along with experience working within mental health.
- Contemporary mental health nursing clinical knowledge and problem-solving skills along with the ability to work within a Multidisciplinary team.
Applications Close: 13 November 2026. Candidates will be contacted upon completion of application.
NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.
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