AddressEmployment Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Eurobodalla
Position Classification: Mental Health Professionals
Remuneration: $70,049.73 - $98,351.39 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ468727
Applications Close: 25 February 2024
Interview Information: Scheduled within 10 days of closing
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 We Are Southern
What we offer
• 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
Where you'll be working
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city. A happy mix of seaside village and cosmopolitan towns surrounded by forests and waterways. The Eurobodalla has an easy and relaxed charm, offers diverse and eclectic art, cultural and shopping experiences. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District
What you'll be doing
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.
Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2022-030. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.
All NSW Health workers Category 'A' are required to have received at least three doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.
Australian Work Rights
Please 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 www.immi.gov.au
Need more information?
1) Click here for the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Jody Eldridge on *************@health.nsw.gov.au
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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 them. 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.
