This recruitment process offers a Permanent Full-Time appointment.
We currently have 1.0 FTE available
South Metropolitan Health Service
every employee contributes to delivering safe, high-quality care to our community.
Guided by our vision of Excellent health care, every time, we place research, innovation and continuous improvement at the centre of everything we do.
We are building a culture of shared learning and leadership that reflects our commitment to being Collectively One, Locally Led.
Through tailored development programmes, leadership opportunities and contemporary ways of working, our people are empowered to grow, thrive and make a meaningful difference across every site and portfolio.
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Nurse to join our Community Treatment Team at Cockburn Mental Health.
As aClinical Nursewithin the Community Treatment Team, you will deliver advanced nursing care and care coordination for patients requiring treatment outside of the hospital environment.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate person-centred care while supporting patients and their families through their healthcare journey.
The successful applicant shall be part of a multidisciplinary team provides clinical and professional expertise to ensure comprehensive evidence-based nursing recovery focused care is delivered to patients.
Facilitates and promotes patient safety and quality of care in the community setting.
TheClinical Nursepractices within their scope of practice considerate of the Nursing and Midwifery Board's Nursing Practice Decision Flowchart.
Want to know more?
We encourage you to contactLee Bebbington, Team Leader MH on ************.
About us
Our Values guide our work in every action, and that includes recruitment and employment!
SMHS 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.
South Metropolitan Health Service (SMHS) Mental Health
delivers comprehensive public mental health care through a network of community mental health services, hospitals and community health centres.
Across Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Mental Health (FSFH Mental Health) and Peel and Rockingham Kwinana Mental Health (PaRK Mental Health), specialist services are provided across the South Metropolitan region, supporting consumers with accessible, collaborative and high-quality mental health care.
SMHS Mental Health will soon open a new state-of-the‐art facility at Fremantle Hospital designed to offer expanded and modern mental health services for our community.
The three-storey space will provide an additional 40 mental health beds and a 24-hour Mental Health Crisis Centre, ensuring compassionate and innovative care for those who need it most.
Cockburn Health
is a stand‐alone 75 bed inpatient facility.
The hospital is non‐authorised hospital, and for voluntary female patients only.
FSH Cockburn Health provides inpatient services for:
Women's Mental Health.
Eating Disorders.
Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Behavioural and Withdrawal Management.
Application and assessment support
If you have any access needs that may require adjustments to allow you to fully participate in the application and assessment process, please contactLee Bebbington, Team Leader MH on ************.
If you are an Aboriginal person who would like assistance with your application, please contact Jobs and Skills WA on ********.
Employee Advantages
Our employees enjoy a range of benefits which may include (in line with operational requirements):




Professional Development Opportunities and Study leave/assistance
Flexible working arrangements
Flexible leave arrangements
Other professional and location‐based allowances
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Eligibility to Apply
To be eligible for appointment, applicants must have valid Australian work rights.
This includes visa holders.
Permanent appointments may be made to individuals who hold citizenship, permanent residency, or visas that enable ongoing employment in Australia.
WA Health embraces diversity and is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of our service.
We are committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of WA Health's Aboriginal Workforce Policy and as a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act **** applies to this position.
Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply.
WA Health engages staff in positions of trust and responsibility.
WA Health policies require applicants to undertake a criminal records screening and integrity checking as part of the appointment process.
As well as undertaking a criminal record screening and integrity checking, you may also be required to undertake a working with children check (if required for the role) and a pre‐employment health assessment.
We may ask referees to comment on your integrity and past demonstration of ethical behaviour.
Please note that adverse information does not necessarily disqualify an applicant but will be considered as part of the appointment process.
Whilst this selection process will initially be used to fill the above vacancy, applicants found suitable for this position may be considered for other 'similar' vacancies within SMHS and/or the wider WA public sector.
In addition to this, should the successful applicant decline or vacate the advertised vacancy, then the next most suitable applicant may also be selected from this process.
Both of these options remain valid for a period of twelve (12) months from when the authorised delegate endorses the recruitment decision.
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📌 Clinical Nurse (Western Australia)
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📍 Western Australia