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Please Note - the closing date to submit applications has been extended.

This is a pool for permanent and fixed term appointments to various CAMHS Service Areas.

We have immediate vacancies available in Inpatient Ward 5A, Acute Care & Response Team, and Community CAMHS (Rockingham). Bring your mental health nursing skillset and consider joining 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.

About the Role:
As a Clinical Nurse, you will provide comprehensive and evidence-based nursing care to patients as part of a multidisciplinary team. You will deliver individualized care using a problem-orientated approach, and act as an advocate for patients, consumers, and other members of the health care team to achieve health goals.

As a Clinical Nurse with CAMHS, you will coordinate team activities, supervise, and act as a resource for nursing staff in the assessment of patients, and development and implementation of care plans.

What you will bring:

• Preferably 3 or more years of experience as a Registered Mental Health Nurse, applicants with differing work and lived experience may also be considered
• Experience working with children and adolescents is also preferred
• Demonstrated ability to supervise others, and provide clinical knowledge to enable staff in delivering quality patient care
• A keen interest to upskill 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:

• 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, using no more than 500 words for each question:
  1. Provide a recent (within the past 2 years) example demonstrating your clinical knowledge and experience working in mental health nursing. (Essential Criteria 2)
  2. Provide an example of how you have demonstrated any two of the CAHS values in your practice: Compassion, Collaboration, Equity, Respect, Excellence and Accountability.
  3. Provide an example that best demonstrates your leadership skill in your area of specialty. Your example can be related to quality improvement, mentoring of staff, managing caseloads, or running clinics or groups. (Essential Criteria 5)
• 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 recent 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 Melanie Harry, at melanie.harry@health.wa.gov.au or by phone at 0408 975 330, 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 our CAMHS Directorates

• Community CAMHS– Community CAMHS offers mental health assessment and multidisciplinary intervention for children and young people up to the age of 18 years.
• Specialist Services and Day Programs– The Specialist Services and Day Programs consists of Complex Attention and Hyperactivity Disorder Service, Multisystemic Therapy, Pathways and Touchstone. These programs support children and young people who have complex mental health needs.
• Acute CAMHS– Acute CAMHS, based at Perth Children’s Hospital has a mental health inpatient unit (Ward 5A), Paediatric Psychiatric Inpatient In-Reach Team (PPIRT), Eating Disorder Service and Gender Diversity Service.

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.