Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) and the Northern Beaches Hospital (NBH) are seeking Mental Health Assistants in Nursing (AIN) to join our Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol (MHDA) Service. At NSLHD we value your strengths, appreciate your contribution, and support you to learn and grow.

Our benefits:

Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
Novated Leasing and Fitness Passport
Clinical Supervision and ongoing specialist mental health education and leadership pathways to support your profession development.

Employment Type: Permanent & Temporary / Full Time & Part Time roles available
Position Classification: Assistant In Nursing
Remuneration: $32.86 - $36.05 per hour
Hours Per Week: Up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ686680

Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.

NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.

Where you'll be working

We have several specialised AIN mental health nursing positions across the following sites of Macquarie Hospital, Royal North Shore Hospital, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital and Northern Beaches Hospital, including specialist older persons and young person’s units.

Currently there are wonderful opportunities to join the mental health inpatient nursing team at the recently transitioned Northern Beaches Hospital and mental health inpatient units located at Royal North Shore, Hornsby Ku-ring-gai and Macquarie Hospitals and receive all entitlements offered by NSW Health.

Northern Sydney’s vision is to be "leaders in healthcare, partners in community wellbeing". Our purpose is “embracing discovery and learning, building partnerships and engaging our community to deliver excellent health and wellbeing.”

What you'll be doing
The mental health AIN within MHDA Services supports person centre consumer health outcomes with a focus on recovery. The mental health AIN assists the nursing team in the provision of nursing care to mental health consumers within an acute care setting, through directed identified tasks and patient care activities under the direction of RN supporting the consumers recovery. The mental health AIN role supports the RN collecting of health care information, documenting, and communicating the information back to the RN within an identified Mental Health AIN Care Activities Map outlining the scope of practice.

The intention of the Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service is to provide recovery-oriented, trauma informed services that are guided by evidence-based practice and collaboration, recognising each person’s unique journey of recovery in a way that fosters hope, purpose, and resilience.

People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

Currently enrolled in second or third year of a Bachelor of Nursing or degree deemed appropriate or completion of HLT33115 Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in Nursing Work in Acute Care).

Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills along with experience working within mental health.

Contemporary mental health, nursing clinical knowledge and problem-solving skills along with the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team to the scope of AIN.

Need more information?

For role related queries or questions contact Mark Joyce on Mark.Joyce@health.nsw.gov.au

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

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Applications Close: 13 November 2026