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Form of work- Women's and Children's Health Network, Paediatric Palliative Care, Division of Allied Health, Complex, Sub Acute and Spiritual Care, North Adelaide
- Salary - Classification - AHP4 - Allied Health Professional L4 - $112,625 to $122,610 pro rata.
- Employment Part time (0.3 FTE / 11.25 hours) - Ongoing Permanent
About Us
The Women’s & Children’s Health Network provides state of the art health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions as well as being South Australia’s largest maternity and obstetric service, and statewide Maternal Fetal Medicine service.
Our community-based services also reach hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across South Australia through our various services and programs in areas such as our Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth Health and Aboriginal Health services.
The Paediatric Palliative Care Service (PPCS) provides support to families caring for a child with a life-limiting illness. This is tailored to each family’s individual needs to help make decisions about care. The Paediatric Palliative Care Service is uniquely responsible for the provision of care across the whole state of South Australia and into Northern Territory, Broken Hill and Mildura.
The PPCS is a statewide service providing specialist care for children with life-limiting conditions. Our mission is to provide excellent service to children and families facing life-limiting illness through partnership with families, interdisciplinary teamwork, and offering holistic care.
The service is a multidisciplinary team of health care specialists including:
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Grief and Loss Coordinator
- Social Workers
- Art Therapists
Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
The Opportunity
An exciting ongoing opportunity exists within the Paediatric Palliative Care Service to join as Clinical Lead - Psychosocial Team working in a part-time (0.3 FTE 11.25 hours per week) capacity.
In this role, you will:
- Provide professional, clinical and strategic leadership to the Paediatric Palliative Care Psychosocial team (consist of Social Work, Grief and Loss Coordinator, Art Therapist and Strengthening Connections Program and Hospital wide bereavement support)
- Develop and maintain a high standard of governance and accountability for the Psychosocial Team
- Develop and review psychosocial service delivery models in consultation with the PPCS team
- Contribute to PPCS leadership in collaboration with the Medical and Nursing Leads.
- Provide consultancy and advice on matters relating to psychosocial care and services.
- Provide clinical supervision, education and mentoring to the Psychosocial Team to ensure best practice both within the service and more broadly to healthcare professionals and care providers across the state of South Australia and the Northern Territory.
To find out the specifics, including the key selection criteria and special conditions, please go to the attached role description.
Benefits of Joining us
Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.
Application Instructions
You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.
Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.
Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.
Check(s)
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. work involving vulnerable clients)
Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B
SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 862539
Enquiries
Oksana Liemareff - Business Support Consultant, Paediatric Palliative
Phone: 8161 6266
E-mail: oksana.liemareff@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date
Tuesday 23rd April 2024 - 11.55PM
Attachments
AHP4 Clinical Lead Psychosocial Team Role Description 862539.pdf
WCHN Competency Framework.pdf
Australian applicant guidelines
International applicant guidelines
