CRVCID 618532
Please Note - the closing date to submit applications has been extended.
This is a recruitment pool for permanent full-time and part-time appointments. Fixed term contracts will also be considered.
We have immediate vacancies available for Inpatient Ward 5A, as well as other services areas at CAMHS. Consider making a move and join a dynamic and nurturing team environment!
About Our Team:
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Western Australia offer support, advice and treatment to children and adolescents from birth to 18 years who are experiencing mental health challenges.
CAHS helps children grow and thrive and we offer these same opportunities to the nurses who join our team. Our team-oriented approach allows for extensive clinical upskilling, and leadership development opportunities for nurses of all levels.
About the Role:
You will provide comprehensive and evidence-based nursing care to patients as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will demonstrate competence in clinical practice by delivering individualized care using a problem-orientate approach to patients with complex problems. You will provide patient care activities by providing goal-directed treatment and effective liaison with senior nursing and other health care personnel.
As the only State Child and Adolescent Mental Health Inpatient unit in Western Australia, we have flexible part time and full time shifts available and an opportunity to develop your skills in a leading tertiary hospital environment. If you have experience in adult mental health nursing and do not have paediatric mental health experience, we offer upskilling and training opportunities.
What you will bring:
- Prior experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Experience with children and adolescents an asset but not required
- Ability to work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team, and collaboratively across internal and external services and stakeholders
- Keen interest in upskilling your clinical and leadership skills
Registration as a Registered Nurse by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia is required.
How to Apply
We welcome your application via the ‘Apply for Job’ button at the bottom of this page. Your application should contain the following:
- Please select your preferred Service Area in response to our question within the application form. See the various Mental Health Service Areas you can work in, and refer to the Where can I work as a nurse at CAMHS attachment
- Answer the following questions that relates to the selection criteria on the Job Description Form:
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- Please tell us why you’re interested in working with CAMHS, and what recent nursing experience do you bring that relates to mental health? (Essential criteria 2)
- Please provide an example of when you demonstrated the CAHS values of Respect and Collaboration working with a multidisciplinary team. (Essential criteria 5)
- Please provide an example of when you were able to be self-directed in implementing patient care? (Essential Criteria 6)
- A copy of your current CV outlining your most recent and relevant work experience.
- Evidence of current registration by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. (Essential criteria 1)
- Provide the names and email contact details of two professional referees, they should be a current or previous (within the last 2 years) Line Manager. Please note we do not accept colleagues as a professional reference.
Role related questions: We encourage you to Sarah MacDonald, at sarah.macdonald@health.wa.gov.au or by phone at 08 6456 2222, with any specific questions related to this role.
Help in submitting your application: If you experience technical difficulties while applying online, please contact Employee Services on 13 44 77 for immediate assistance during business hours.
Selection Criteria: Please see the attached Job Description Form.
Eligibility to Apply: Australian citizenship or permanent residency is an essential requirement for applicants to be considered for permanent positions in the public sector. Visa sponsorship for eligible international applicants that meet immigration requirements may also be considered.
**Overseas applicants need to have completed endorsement of their nursing qualifications through the Nursing and Midwifery Board Ahpra (NMBA) and must include this documentation with their application.
This position
is subject to a Western Australian Working With
Children (WWC) Check. For further information please refer
to the WWC website at: https://workingwithchildren.wa.gov.au
Other Conditions: 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.
About Acute Services at CAMHS
Acute CAMHS services are based at Perth Children’s Hospital and includes mental health inpatient unit 5A, the Paediatric Psychiatry In Reach Team, the Eating Disorder Service, and the Gender Diversity Service.
For more information on these services, see the attachment, Where Can I Work as a Nurse at CAMHS.
Our values
To achieve our vision of healthy kids, healthy communities, CAHS is committed to providing a workplace culture that is driven and shaped by our values of Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability. During the selection process you may be assessed on your ability to fulfil the responsibilities of this position in accordance with the values. For further information about the benefits of working for CAHS and our services please click here.
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment! CAHS 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.
In addition, we are committed to growing our Aboriginal workforce as part of WA Health Aboriginal Workforce Policy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply.
This is an “open-ended” recruitment pool, and as such the following should be noted:
- The panel will monitor this recruitment pool for applications, and will assess on a regular basis.
- 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 31/03/2026.
For Assistance including any adjustment needed to accommodate a disability and confidential enquiries – please contact the Strategic Talent Acquisition Recruitment Team (START) service via email: CAHS.TalentAcquisition@health.wa.gov.au
Before you apply for this position, please read the attached job application information sheet which contains important information.
Lodgement is system generated. Any submissions on, or after, 4:00pm on the closing date will not be accepted.
LATE OR EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.