Clinical Nurse Consultant Mental Health Blacktown Emergency Department

❤️ Lead mental health care across general hospital settings
📚 Lead education, research & clinical innovation
🌟 Shape services across multiple hospital settings

Lead mental health integration in hospitals. Guide, consult, educate & innovate in psychiatric nursing. Apply Now!

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Remuneration: $131,870.89 - $134,500.69 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Emergency Department, Blacktown Hospital

Where you'll be working
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) provides high quality healthcare to diverse communities, guided by values of collaboration, respect, and empowerment. Join a team dedicated to better health services for Western Sydney and beyond.

• Serves Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Cumberland, and Parramatta LGAs.
• Offers primary, secondary, and tertiary health care.
• Supports over a million residents in the Greater Western Region.
• Committed to innovation and patient centered care.
• Strong focus on collaboration and respect in service delivery.
• Empowering teams to make a lasting impact.

What you'll be doing
In this role you’ll be part of shaping exceptional care through expertise, research, and education.

• Leading specialist mental health consultations across hospital settings
• Mentoring and supervising clinical staff
• Driving education and research initiatives
• Influencing policy and service development
• Delivering high-level psychiatric nursing care

How to Apply 
Apply online by submitting your resume and addressing the criteria listed below by providing examples that demonstrate your ability before the closing date. 

Essential Criteria:

• Registration: Current Registration as a Registered Nurse with Australian Health Practitioner Agency (AHPRA)

Selection Criteria:

1. Current registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency  (AHPRA) as a Registered Nurse Division 1, with a minimum five years full time equivalent post registration experience, with a minimum of three years full-time experience in the specialty field. In addition the employee must have approved post graduate nursing qualifications relevant to the field in which appointed, or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by WSLHD or working towards same.
2. Demonstrated ability to provide an expert client-centred consultancy practice participating in direct patient care provisions.
3. Act as an exemplary role model by living the organisations values; while providing effective leadership through direction, coaching and demonstrating expert knowledge, complex decision-making skills, and clinical competencies to practice at an advanced or expanded level.
4. Contribute to the development and management of clinical processes such as policies and procedures with demonstrated ability to access, read and interpret research findings in current literature.
5. Demonstrated excellent communication skills and ability to liaise with all levels of staff within a multidisciplinary team.
6. Demonstrates high level capabilities in critical thinking and problem solving, with higher order conflict resolution and negotiation abilities
7. Demonstrate ability to provide education on complex clinical issues to clinicians, patients and carers, with demonstrated participation in formal and informal education programs with ability to identify educational needs for the organisation.
8. Current Drivers Licence: Licence Class C.

Requisition ID: REQ573920
Applications Close: 19th June 2025

Need more information?

• Discover more about the application process.
• Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria.  
• Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
• For inquiries about the role, contact Bettina Larsen on Bettina.Larsen@health.nsw.gov.au