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‘This position qualifies for the NSW Health Rural Incentive scheme with a value of up to $5000'
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Site Negotiable within Southern NSW Local Health District
Position Classification: Mental Health Professionals
Remuneration:
Clinical Nurse Consultant Level 1: $123,031.85 - $125,546.85 per annum
Occupational Therapist Level 3: $108,595.00 - $112,114.00 per annum
Social Worker Level 3: $108,595.00 - $112,114.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ495315
Applications Close: 14 June 2024Interview Details: Scheduled within 10 days of closing
What you'll be doing
The Aboriginal Mental HealthCare Navigator will provide support and knowledge of preventative, health and social care wrap around services that provide a response for Aboriginal consumers and navigate appropriate referral pathways. The role will work closely with the Aboriginal Mental Health Workforce and the acute Mental Health services to ensure to that Aboriginal people accessing Mental Health services feel culturally safe and empowered in making decisions in regard to their health.
The Aboriginal Mental HealthCare Navigator will also support clinical teams in the provision of culturally informed assessment and treatment approaches, discharging planning and ensure the social, cultural and historical contexts are at the forefront of services offered through Mental Health services. With the Aboriginal Mental HealthCare Navigator ensuring services build on the strengths, resources and knowledge of Aboriginal consumers.
The Aboriginal Mental HealthCare Navigator will be responsible for supporting the acute Mental Health services to increase their capacity to work with Aboriginal people, families and communities in a culturally safe manner.
What we offer:
· Flexible work arrangements
· Salary Packaging – up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
· Corporate Health and Fitness program
· 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
· Annual Leave Loading
Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here –
Selection Criteria
- Tertiary Qualifications and current registration with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency as a Registered Nurse.
- Demonstrated experience in the provision of contemporary clinical Mental Health practice including conducting Mental Health assessments, and the provision of evidence based interventions for people who are experiencing mental illness.
- Demonstrated understanding of the NSW Mental Health Act (2007).
- Understanding of the concept and principles of Mental Health rehabilitation and recovery and demonstrated experience and skills using a collaborative, strengths based approach to the care of Mental Health consumers.
- Demonstrated high level communication skills with the ability to engage and collaborate with consumers, their families and carers and other stakeholders, and a demonstrated high level proficiency in computer literacy.
- Current unrestricted drivers' licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances.
At Southern NSW Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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Australian Work RightsPlease note that to apply for this position you must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident of Australia or be able to independently and legally live and work in Australia by way of your own Temporary Visa. For more information, please see
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For role related queries or questions contact Jodie Quinnell on 02 4474 1*** or email **************@health.nsw.gov.au
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