Access Mental Health Team - Registered Nurse Level 2

Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary 8 months with possibility of extension and/or permanencyClassification: Registered Nurse Level 2 (P64682) Salary: $100,957 - $107,000 (Plus 11.5% Super) Location: Canberra Health Services Section: Adult Community Mental Health Services Closing Date: 18 March 2024

What can we offer you: 

About the Role:

The position is situated within Adult Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS), under the Intake Services Teams, which is a specialist Mental Health service that provides health care and support for people aged from 18 years old.  ACMHS provides evidenced based and personalised care planning for recovering people while also collaborating with carers, Nominated Persons, supports and other key stakeholders.

ACMHS teams operate across the Australian Capital Territory, adhering to both the Adult Community Mental Health Model of Care and the Older Persons Community Mental Health Model of Care. ACMHS program area services the community’s Mental Health needs in the areas of intake, recovery, supported and therapeutic accommodation, therapy, older persons, neuropsychology, assertive community outreach, homeless outreach, and intensive home treatment.

The Access Mental Health Team (AMHT) aims to improve the Mental Health and well-being of people who are residing in the Australian Capital Territory by facilitating access to high quality, integrated Mental Health services. The AMHT provides a centralised access process with the aim of providing an identified service entry point to undertake 24-hour triage and a thorough Mental Health assessment that will link people with the services that most appropriately meets their needs. This will ensure that people are able to access the right Mental Health service at the right time. AMHT aims to optimise recovery through the provision of an excellent community Mental Health care service. AMHT incorporates the guidelines and principles of the Adult Community Mental Health Services ensuring that the teams’ practice is current and is keeping pace with the changes occurring in the greater MHJHADS teams.

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

 To Apply: 

To apply for this position please submit a CV, and a maximum 2-page application addressing Selection Criteria, listed in the position description.

Note: Appointment to position may be based on written application and referee reports only.

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 communityOur 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.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities. 

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Jodie Russell on (02) 6207 2***.