Registered Nurse - Camperdown Core Team - Community Mental Health Services
Position Classification: Registered Nurse
Remuneration: $72,152 - $101,299 per annum + annual leave loading + 11.5% Superannuation
Location: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Requisition ID: REQ587371
Make a Real Difference in Mental Health Care — Join Our Camperdown CORE Team!
About the Role
The Community Mental Health Team provides a comprehensive range of services designed to support recovery and promote sustainable community living for people experiencing mental illness.
The Community Mental Health CORE Team is a multidisciplinary team delivering specialist services to adults living in the community. The CORE Team sits within a broader Community Mental Health Network, which includes a specialist Aboriginal Mental Health Team, bilingual mental health workers, and Peer Support Workers — offering a culturally inclusive and person-centred approach to care. This position is located at Camperdown Community Health Centre, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
The Community Mental Health CORE Team Model of Care
The Community Mental Health Team (CORE Team) is the mainstay of the Community Mental Health System. The multidisciplinary team includes Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists, Psychiatrists and Peer Support Workers. Together, we provide a range of clinical services, including intake, comprehensive assessment, care coordination, consultation, and tailored treatment for priority adult populations with mental illness.
Care coordination is central to this role and model of care. It encompasses short-term interventions, longer-term case coordination, and targeted packages of care based on individual needs.
The CORE Team has 3 key functions:
- Providing for those with time-limited disorders who can benefit from specialist interventions.
- Providing care for individuals with complex and enduring mental health needs.
- Providing consultation regarding the care of people with mental health problems to other health professionals – in particular advice to GPs and a triage function enabling appropriate referral by GPs seeking a specialist opinion.
The CORE Team aims to:
- Deliver care in the least restrictive, most supportive manner possible, while prioritising the safety and dignity of consumers and staff
- Stabilise and enhance social functioning, protecting community tenure.
- Promote physical health and overall wellbeing
- Partner with GPs to deliver integrated, shared care
- Reduce stigma and empower individuals in their recovery journey
The Mental Health Nurse plays a vital role within the MDT, focusing on care coordination and integrating specialist knowledge and skills to deliver high quality, recovery-oriented practice. This role is aligned with the standardised Sydney LHD position description for the nursing profession in addition to this position description.
For more information, please view the Position Description
Join a passionate and skilled team making a meaningful difference — every day — in the lives of people living with mental illness in our community.
Ideal Candidate
- Current nursing registration with AHPRA.
- Demonstrated competencies to provide contemporary mental health practice.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence (P1 and P2 acceptable).
Benefits and Perks!
- Accrued Day Off each month, paid Parental Leave & Annual Leave loading
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging and Novated Leasing. For more information visit SalaryPackagingPlus
- Access to free courses, qualifications and coaching via Sydney Education
- Access to confidential EAP counselling for staff and their families
- Because we care about your health: Free annual influenza vaccination, discounted Fitness Passport membership, and free telehealth nutrition and wellness resources from qualified professionals
For more information about other benefits, please visit SLHD Benefit
This recruitment may be used to create a talent pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) that may arise over the next 18 months.
Working for Sydney Local Health District - NSW Health
This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy (PD2024_015).
SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.
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For enquiries, please contact Abby Andrews on 0436 802 559 or via email at abby.andrews@health.nsw.gov.au
Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day, apply now!
Applications Close: 15 July 2025
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