Job no: 947059
Work type: Full time
Location: Adelaide Metro Northern
Categories: Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery

- Northern Adelaide Local Health Network – Lyell McEwin Hospital – ELIZABETH VALE SA 5112
- Salary $130,190 - $136,010 p.a. plus Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice benefits - RN3
- Ongoing Full-Time

About the Role

Perinatal mental health sits at a genuinely complex intersection of clinical practice, family systems, and community care. At the Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN), we're looking for an experienced Nurse or Midwife Consultant to lead and strengthen perinatal mental health service delivery across Adelaide's northern metropolitan communities — a population with real need and a team committed to meeting it.

What You'll Be Leading

- Providing advanced clinical consultation, assessment, and care coordination for women and birthing people experiencing perinatal mental health challenges across NALHN Mental Health Services, Salisbury Adult Service
- Driving service development and quality improvement initiatives that embed best-practice perinatal mental health care into clinical pathways
- Building and sustaining team-oriented relationships with obstetric, midwifery, infant and child health, and community services to ensure continuity of care
- Mentoring and supporting the wider multidisciplinary team through education, clinical supervision, and consultancy

What You Bring

- Current registration as a Registered Nurse and/or Midwife with AHPRA,



with a Master's qualification or equivalent advanced practice experience in mental health or perinatal care
- Demonstrated specialist knowledge of perinatal mental health, including assessment and evidence-based intervention across the perinatal period
- Proven ability to work consultatively across multidisciplinary and multi-agency environments
- Experience in service development, clinical leadership, or quality improvement within a public health setting
- A current, unencumbered driver's licence and willingness to work across NALHN sites as required
- Understanding of SA Health policy frameworks and the specific health needs of northern Adelaide communities

About You

In this role you will have strong interpersonal and communication skills which will enable you to successfully problem solve, resolve conflicts and negotiate, including the ability to engage in difficult conversations, whilst building and maintaining relationships. An ability to effectively manage multiple, diverse and competing priorities and demonstrated resilience within a stressful and complex environment is essential to this role.

You will be joining a dynamic and expanding Local Health Network that is committed to delivering contemporary, innovative and high-quality health services within modern facilities.





This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a passionate, highly driven, dedicated and progressive team.

About Adelaide

Adelaide is consistently recognised as a city that artfully combines its compact charm and world‑class cuisine with picturesque nature escapes. Ranked one of the worlds "Most Liveable Cities" and "Most Beautiful Cities", Adelaide provides something for everyone combining a wonderful mix of nature with nearby beaches, rolling hills and wildlife and culinary delights with fine dining restaurants, award‑winning cafes, bustling food markets and booming boutique bars. Events like the LIV Golf, SANTOS Tour Down Under, Adelaide Fringe and the Adelaide Cabaret Festival add extra appeal to living here.

About Us

The Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) is a leading provider of public healthcare services in South Australia, and one of the largest employers in northern Adelaide.

NALHN serves over 400,000 people in northern Adelaide with a comprehensive range of high-quality healthcare services, including emergency, surgical, obstetric, neonatal, paediatric, oncology, geriatric, palliative care and rehabilitation, and mental health care, as well as primary health care services with a focus on community health promotion and chronic disease management.

With a commitment for ongoing upgrades to our facilities and the introduction of new services, our priority is delivering exceptional health and wellbeing services that

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📌 NURSE/MIDWIFE CONSULTANT PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH (South Australia)
🏢 Sa Health
📍 South Australia