Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 6-12 months with possibility of extension and/or permanency
Classification: Registered Nurse Level 1 (P61542; P61545)
Salary: $81,181 - $106,712 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: Women Youth and Children's Hospital
Section: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Closing Date: 12 Aug 2025

What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

Join a passionate team transforming young lives at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), where you'll deliver high-quality, evidence-based care to young people experiencing moderate to severe mental health challenges. As part of the Mental Health, Justice Health, and Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS) Division, you'll work across dynamic settings including a state-of-the-art 6-bed Adolescent Inpatient Unit, guided by the Safe Wards model and recovery-focused care. You'll collaborate with consumers, carers, and multidisciplinary teams to make a lasting impact. With opportunities for permanent full-time RN1 positions, professional development, and work across all CAMHS programs, this is your chance to help shape a safer, more supportive future for young people.

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page cover letter or pitch, responding to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

***Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position***

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

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