Mental Health RN, RNS, Macquarie, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai and Northern Beaches Hospitals
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 profession development.
Employment Type: Permanent & Temporary / Full Time & Part Time roles available (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $37.48 - $52.62 per hour
Hours Per Week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ665810
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 everyday. 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 ensure 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 of Macquarie Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and Northern Beaches Hospital, including specialist older persons and young persons units.
Currently there are wonderful opportunity 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.
Northern Sydney's vision is to be \"leaders in healthcare, partners in community wellbeing\". Our purpose is \"embracing discovery and learning, building partnerships and engaging our community to deliver excellent health and wellbeing.\"
What you'll be doing
The mental health Registered Nurse (RN) within MHDA services leads and supports person‐centered 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.
The team enriching health in millions of ways every day.
Applications Close: 25 August 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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