South Metropolitan Mental Health Service > PaRK MHS, Rockingham and Kwinana Adult Mental Health
Work Type: Casual, Fixed Term - Full Time, Fixed Term - Part Time, Permanent - Full Time, Permanent - Part Time
Position No: Pool Ref 00007784
Closing Date: 2025-10-13 4:00 PM
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CRVCID 694469
Are you a passionate Nurse about Mental Health and committed to making a difference, we want to hear from you! Apply today to join a team that values excellence, compassion, and patient-centred care.
Peel and Rockingham Kwinana (PaRK) Mental Health Service teams are seeking applications from passionate Clinical Nurses
This is a Recruitment Pool for Permanent Full Time, Permanent Part Time, Fixed Term Full Time, Fixed Term Part Time and Casual appointments available across a range of services.
PaRK Mental Health Service is the place where jobs become careers, passion finds its purpose, and your voice finds its place. PaRK is the perfect place to start or progress your community Mental Health career.
SMHS delivers quality, safe and effective hospital and health services within a catchment area stretching more than 3300 square kilometres across the southern half of Perth.
Our vision is Excellent health care, every time. You can read more about SMHS in our Strategic Plan.
Join our dedicated team as a Mental Health Clinical Nurse!
In this role, you'll be an integral part of a multidisciplinary team, bringing your clinical and professional expertise to deliver comprehensive, evidence-based nursing care to our patients. You'll play a crucial role in promoting patient safety and ensuring the highest quality of care. As a Clinical Nurse, you'll practice within your scope, guided by the Nursing and Midwifery Board’s Nursing Practice Decision Flowchart. Your contributions will be vital in creating a supportive and healing environment for those in need of mental health services.
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! SMHS encourages Aboriginal people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds or LGBTI communities, and people with disability to work with us. Whatever your age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and family/carer responsibilities are, we ask that you consider bringing your expertise to our workforce.
For more information on the exciting Mental Health Careers at South Metropolitan Health Service you can visit our careers page at:
PaRK is a service with SMSH and provides mental health services to adults and older adults living in the communities of Kwinana, Rockingham, Mandurah, Pinjarra and Waroona. The PaRK mental health service is a vibrant and progressive organisation whose mission is to provide safe and progressive patient care within a positive work environment and culture.
PaRK Mental Health Service is divided into 2 catchments:
- Rockingham and Kwinana
- Peel, Mandurah
Assessment Treatment Team (ATT)
ATT are the first point of access to PaRK Community Mental Health Services and operate in Rockingham. The teams provide assessment, acute response and brief intervention for clients aged 18 to 64 years for a period up to the maximum of 10 weeks. The teams are recovery focused and provide clients with intensive, time limited support. ATT work with the people important to the client and their mental health care such as family and carers. Referrals are reviewed daily in the Intake meeting and allocated a case manager/care coordinator as required.
Assessment Community Team (ACT) – Rockingham
The ACT team provides an evidence-based intensive care management service using a flexible team for clients experiencing severe and enduring mental health illness and those that have had difficulty engaging with mainstream services. Specific eligibility criteria: clients mush be suffering ongoing severe and enduring mental illness, and mush have a history of poor, intermittent or chaotic engagement to services.
Clinical Treatment Team – CTT- Rockingham
The CTT team provides on-going treatment and support for people with enduring mental illness through comprehensive assessment, specialist treatment and intervention, and a cooperative approach to care plans and discharge plans. This includes access to specialised clinical psychology assessment and individual and group evidence based psychological interventions.
Early Episode Psychosis Team (EEP)
The Early Episode Psychosis Team (EEP) covers the Rockingham Peel Group Catchment area with clinicians located in both the Rockingham and Peel Adult Community Mental Health clinics. The EEP Program is an evidence based intensive care coordination service dedicated to early detection and intervention for individuals in the early stages of psychosis. The goal is to provide a service that promotes early recovery for people experiencing psychosis using a biopsychosocial model and to provide support to their family and carers. The team is multidisciplinary and made up of clinical nurses, social workers, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, psychiatric registrars and a consultant psychiatrist who pride themselves on working collaboratively to enhance client care. Referrals are reviewed on a weekly basis on Friday mornings at the EEP Multidisciplinary team meeting. The clinical responsibility for the client remains with the relevant program/adult team until the referral has been accepted and the client allocated an EEP care coordinator.
Intensive Day Therapy Unit
The Intensive Day Therapy Unit (Boodalang) is a sub-acute service providing non-residential Step-up/Step down services through a day program. The target population for the IDTU is consumers between 16 – 64 years who are significantly disabled by mental illness and/or who require intensive treatment and reside in the PaRK MHS catchment area. The maximum length of treatment within the IDTU will be 12 weeks. All referrals to IDTU for admission must be made through PaRK Mental Health Services.
Kwelena
Kwelena is a sub-acute 10 bed residential service managed by a partnership between PaRK Mental Health Services (IDTU), Access Housing and MIND Australia. It provides short term recovery focused residential service for people who would benefit from 24-hour support to avoid a hospital admission or are leaving acute mental health care. The target population for the Rockingham Kwelena facility is consumers between 16 – 64 years who are significantly disabled by mental illness and/or who require intensive treatment. The maximum length of treatment within the Rockingham Kwelena facility will be 4 weeks.
Community Care Unit (CCU)
CCU is a 20-bed residential service managed by a partnership between PaRK Mental Health Services and Richmond Wellbeing. Accessible to individuals aged between 18 to 65 years who no longer require hospital care, and who would benefit from a supportive transitional care environment to develop their capacity for independent living.
It provides high-level support and rehabilitation in the community within a home-like environment for adults with severe mental health issues. The service is focused on individuals who are likely to require mid to long-term support (i.e. greater than six months and on average 18 months).
It is a transitional service, meaning those within the unit will be supported though psychosocial support, peer support and embedded mental health clinical services to maintain and build sustainable living skills and behaviours. It also promotes the capacity and confidence of individuals to transition from this service into suitable accommodation within the community.
Want to know more? We encourage you to contact James Porter, Program Manager- Community Mental Health at james.porter@health.wa.gov.au or 08 6557 4808.
If you are ready to partner with us see the application instructions below:
Your application should include: * A copy of your current CV
- A statement addressing the selection criteria in no more than 2 pages
- The names and contact details of two (2) current referees who can attest to your suitability for this role.
These documents should be complete and ready to attach prior to applying online.
Please ensure you allow enough time to complete the online application process as you will be required to answer various questions and attach your documentation.
If you experience difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.
Employee Benefits
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):
- Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
- Flexible working arrangements
- Flexible leave arrangements
- Other professional and location-based allowances
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Eligibility
Are you eligible? To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have a valid working visa (for fixed term appointments) or be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, or have a visa to live and work indefinitely in Australia (for permanent appointments).
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service. We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health’s Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.
WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility. WA Health policies require applicants to undertake criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process. Referees may also be asked to comment on an applicant’s integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer to the WWC website at:
Suitable applicants will be placed in a pool from which appointments may be made when similar vacancies occur. Appointments may be made from this pool until 31/05/2026.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.
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