AddressAn exciting and rare opportunity to join our Lower North Shore Child and Youth Mental Health Services (CYMHS) community team in this permanent part time role.
Employment Type: Permanent Part TimePosition Classification: Dependent on qualificationHours Per Week: 23Requisition ID: REQ500152
Salary per hour:
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2): $55.45 - $57.27
Allied Health Professionals (Level 3): $54.77 - $56.54
Clinical Psychologist: $53.23 - $64.88
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 workingRoyal North Shore Hospital Community Health Centre & Ryde Community Health Centre
What you'll be doing
The role will:
- Enhance consumer and family care through developing systems for improved communication between CYMHS, adult Mental Health Services (MHS) and other service providers.
- Develop coordinated systems of care to improve outcomes for children and parents who are consumers of adult MHS or CYMHS.
- Provide staff in adult MHS and CYMHS with support in meeting their obligations in relation to child at risk legislation, policy directives and procedures in relation to COPMI families.
- Offer targeted collaborative clinical assessment and intervention in conjunction with CYMHS and/or adult MHS.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Relevant tertiary qualification in Clinical Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or Nursing with current full registration with APRHA (or for Social Work membership of relevant professional body). Clinical Psychologists need to hold master’s degree or higher in Clinical Psychology. Clinical Nurse Specialists must have relevant post-registration qualifications and at least 3 years' experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualification or such other qualifications or relevant equivalent experience. Social Workers and Occupational Therapists require relevant clinical experience with minimum at Level 2.
- Demonstrated clinical experience in adult mental health and/or child and youth mental health.
- Experience in working with children and young people and their families individually and within a group setting.
- Current NSW drivers licence.
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For role related queries or questions contact Gladys Horna on ************@health.nsw.gov.au or 02 9462 9***.
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in
Applications Close: 10 July 2024
