Endorsed Enrolled Nurse - Mental Health Inpatient Units - Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital

Step into a role where your compassion and dedication can truly shine. Join us as an Enrolled Nurse and make a real difference in patient care every day.

$75,011.91 - $81,508.14 per annum + 12% super & salary packaging | Permanent Full Time/Part Time vacancies | Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital (SMH) | REQ699369 | Applications close: 22 November 2026

Applications will be reviewed on a regular basis, and interviews will be conducted at regular intervals throughout the advertising period.

Join us in shaping healthier futures. Together we can do more.

As an Enrolled Nurse, you'll be instrumental in providing compassionate and professional care to our patients. You’ll act as an advocate for those in your care, delivering high-quality nursing services that align with our policies and standards. Working under the guidance of Registered Nurses, you'll take responsibility for your actions while supporting and learning from experienced colleagues. Your role also involves actively participating in professional development and contributing to our Quality Improvement programs. If you’re dedicated to making a positive impact we’d love to have you as part of our team

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the team at our brand new, purpose built, acute mental health inpatient units at the Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital. The units will open soon in 2026.

For more information and to view the position classification, see the Position Description here.

A little about us.

The Mental Health Inpatient Unit at Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital will comprise a 32-bed unit, that will include 4 Psychiatric Emergency Care Centre beds, 16 Acute Mental Health beds and 12 Mental Health Rehabilitation beds,



delivering specialist inpatient assessment, treatment, stabilisation and recovery-focused care for adults across the Shoalhaven. This purpose-built Mental Health unit has been designed to support both voluntary and involuntary consumers, providing a modern therapeutic environment that promotes recovery, safety, dignity and family-inclusive practice. Importantly, these beds will form part of the Illawarra Shoalhaven Mental Health Services network bed structure, working in close partnership with Mental Health services across the broader District. With this networked approach ISLHD can ensure consumers have access to the most appropriate level of care throughout their recovery journey, while staff benefit from strong professional connections, collaborative models of care and opportunities for development across a diverse range of mental health settings.

Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital is the main referral hospital for the Shoalhaven region, providing emergency care, medical, surgical, mental health and orthopaedic services. The hospital has an Intensive Care Unit focusing on ventilated, high dependency and coronary patients, Children’s Ward and Maternity Unit, as well as a purpose-built regional Cancer Care Centre.

The hospital is currently undergoing a significant $440M redevelopment that will redefine how healthcare is delivered within the Region. Once complete in 2026,



the current seven-storey Acute Services Building and refurbishments on the current hospital site will bring a focus on career development. allowing you to grow your career, acquire new skills and advance professionally as the hospital continues to develop. Within this redevelopment, a purpose-designed Mental Health Inpatient Unit will open for the first time at Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital, providing local consumers with access to comprehensive inpatient mental health care closer to home. There has never been a better time to join the progressive and expanding team in the Shoalhaven providing the highest standard of care to the Shoalhaven community.

To find out more about the redevelopment, visit our website or watch the flythrough of the new hospital here.

There are many benefits of living and working in the Shoalhaven. The region is home to some of Australia’s most beautiful beaches, waterways and National Parks - with Jervis Bay and Kangaroo Valley only a short, 20-minute drive away – and is also host to many annual food and arts festivals and events.

Benefits of working with ISLHD.

We understand that balancing career aspirations with the demand of the everyday, as well as maintaining a healthy work-life balance, can be a challenge. To help with this, we offer a range of benefits which include:

- Allocated Days Off (ADO) - once a month take a paid day off (eligible full-time employees)

- Salary packaging - less tax and more take-home pay

- Novated leasing - lease a car and pay for all running costs out of your pre-taxed salary (eligible full-time employees)

- Fitness Passport - discounted gym membership that both you and your family can enjoy (eligible employees)

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📌 Endorsed Enrolled Nurse (Nowra)
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