Registered Nurse Level 2- Mental Health Nurse
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Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 6 months with possibility of extension and/or permanency
Classification: Registered Nurse Level 2 (P57459)
Salary: $110,733 – $117,053 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: City Community Health Centre
Section: Mental Health, Justice Health, and Alcohol & Drugs Services
Closing Date: 21 August 2025
What Can We Offer You
City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra .
Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
Flexible working conditions.
Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)
About The Role
This role is based within the Assertive Community Outreach Team (ACOS), part of Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services (MHJHADS), which delivers support to youth and adults across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings, including people's homes. Operating under a recovery-focused and harm minimisation approach, ACOS provides intensive outreach treatment to individuals with severe and enduring mental illness—primarily psychotic disorders or severe bipolar disorder—who have complex needs, high risk factors, and limited engagement with traditional services.
The team delivers flexible, community-based care across extended hours, from 8:30am to 9:00pm, seven days a week. This is a shift-based role that requires participation in a rotating roster. You'll be responsible for clinical management, team supervision, and collaborative engagement with families, carers, and service partners, working both from the City Community Health Centre and across outreach locations throughout the ACT.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
To Apply
Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page cover letter or pitch, responding to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.
* Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***
Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website .
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Elizabeth Mitchell at Elizabeth.L.mitchell@act.gov.au .
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21/Aug/2025, 7:29:00 PM
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