Description
Employment Type: Full Time, Part-time – 29.40 hours per week (Requests for full-time hours may be considered)
Classification: Health Professional Level 4/ Psychologist Level 4 (PN 24304 – Subject to Change)
Salary: $121,389 - $136,035 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Closing Date: 4 October 2024
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:
Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS) provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided range from prevention and treatment to recovery, maintenance and harm minimisation. Consumer and carer participation is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. The Division works in partnership with consumers, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
The Division delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, other community settings including peoples’ homes.
These services include:
Adult Community & Older Persons Mental Health Services
Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
Alcohol & Drug Services (ADS)
Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Justice Health Services (JHS)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provides assessment and treatment for young people up to the age of 18 years who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues. CAMHS also provides high quality tertiary mental health care for young people aged 14-25 experiencing first on set psychosis.
The CAMHS Community Teams are made up of multi-disciplinary mental health professionals who provide assessment, therapeutic treatment, and clinical management within a recovery framework.
The permanent full time clinical team manager’s role will provide clinical leadership to a front-line mental health team - CAMHS South Community Team. This clinical managerial role will include the daily management of the Choice and Partnership Approach (CAPA) clinical service system, multidisciplinary service, the duty officer role, clinical case reviews, and provide clinical supervision to HP1, HP2, HP3 and allied health assistants.
The role will also require the team manager to undertake professional development, participate and lead quality initiatives and the management of human, financial and physical resources, including work, health, and safety.
Additionally, the role is required to be available to work within all program areas of CAMHS, as service needs arise.
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.
Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
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.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Carrie Coghlan at (02) 5124 3113 or at Carrie.Coghlan@act.gov.au.
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