Registered Nurse (Casual Pool) - Sutherland MHS

Registered Nurse (Casual Pool), Mental Health - Sutherland Mental Health Service
Employment Type:Casual
Position Classification:Registered Nurse
Remuneration:$41.23 - $57.88 per hour, plus superannuation
Hours Per Week:As required
Requisition ID:REQ674631
Location: Caringbah, Sydney

The SESLHD Mental Health Service is a specialised clinical service, providing care to a local population of over 930,000 residents in the Sydney metropolitan area. We provide care within both hospital and community settings to support people living with mental illness at times when acute intervention is needed, or to remain well in their community and lead their own recovery.

Learn more about us here:South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

The Role

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

Come join our team We are looking for Registered Nurses wanting casual work with experience and interest in mental health nursing. Work as much or as little as you like to fit in with your lifestyle and commitments.

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high quality nursing care to patients/clients of the Sutherland MentalHealth Service consistent with SESLHD and Sutherland Mental Health Service policies, procedures and standards.

Where you'll be working

Sutherland Mental Health Service, located on The Sutherland Hospital campus, Caringbah. Located in the Southern Suburbs of Sydney in the Sutherland Shire, close to public transport and beautiful beaches.

Additional Benefits

- Financial advantages - Salary packaging options- Up to $9K for living expenses, $2.6K meal & entertainment, and Novated Leasing. Discounted Private Health Insurance.




- Work-life balance - Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
- Professional growth - Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning.
- Health & Wellbeing - Discounted gym memberships with aFitness Passport and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
- Career development - Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable and to obtain personal regrade to Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 1 status where relevant

Selection Criteria

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the following criteria in your application:

- Tertiary qualifications in Nursing and current registration as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
- Demonstrated high level written and verbal communication, interpersonal skills and the ability to identify key messages, issues and concerns when communicating with others.
- Demonstrated ability to proactively engage with patients/clients to enhance service delivery and to guide others in providing service excellence.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and apply professional and ethical boundaries when dealing with complex situations.
- Basic computer skills and proven ability to use health information systems.
- Demonstrated understanding of recovery principles and commitment to the philosophy and practice of consumer, family and carer participation and consumer focused care.
- Demonstrated experience and ability to deliver high quality patient care in Mental Health at a post graduate level
- Proven experience in the provision of care and assessment and management of risk within the mental health environment

Application close: 22 November 2026

For more information we encourage you to contact Callum Ritchie on ******@health.nsw.gov.au

Once you apply, we’ll keep you up to date on how your application is progressing. We encourage applications from peopl

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