Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 - Older Persons Community Mental Health Team

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2Location: Station St Office and Vale St Katoomba
Remuneration: $128,030.56 - $130,582.09 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ482440Applications Close: 23/05/2024With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed
and develop in your chosen career role.About UsNepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.NBMLHD Community Mental Health offer a range of specialised services for children, young people, families and older people, through our community-based services and health centres. Our multidisciplinary health professionals and case managers take a collaborative approach to Mental Health care by linking with their patients to work together and consult within an environment appropriate to the person's needs.The Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI) was established as part of the NSW Governments commitment to assisting long stay patients with severe and enduring mental illness to live in the community. The clinical target group for this position is older people with complex mental illness and ageing issues who are either long stay patients in a Mental Health facility or who in future could be long stay patients. Consumers in this group typically have severe, enduring and/or complex Mental Health problems with associated poor functioning, chronic physical illness, and also severe Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD).The Specialist Mental Health Service for Older People (SMHSOP) Clinical Nurse Consultant - Grade 2 (CNC2) will be responsible for the provision of expert clinical advice to consumers, carers and other health care professionals on complex Mental Health care needs within the Mental Health service. As a member of the Community SMHSOP Team, the Clinical Nurse Consultant provides specialist nursing services covering the spectrum of assessment, treatment, and management of older people with severe and persistent mental illness residing in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF) and those relocating from long term Mental Health inpatient care. The Clinical Nurse Consultant will be expected to provide supervision, education and mentorship as part of this role, building capacity within both the community SMHSOP team, and within RACFs.We invite you to take on your next career milestone with us. Apply Now!Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees· Accrued Day Off (ADO) (full time employees only)· Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging· Novated Leasing· Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year· Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members· Fitness PassportNBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Cultural and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of Mental Health concerns and people of mature age.What you will bring to the role: * Current registration with AHPRA - Division 1 Registered Nurse

• Minimum five years full time equivalent post qualification experience, with at least three years full time equivalent experience in Mental Health nursing and post graduate qualifications in Mental Health or equivalent experience deemed appropriate by the Health Service
• 3.Demonstrated effective communication and inter-personal skills across a variety of mediums and an understanding of the practice development framework
• Proven ability to implement changes and develop direction in clinical practice by the utilisation of evidence based research
• Demonstrated skills in strategic and clinical service planning including an understanding of organisational behaviour, change management and cultural change processes
• Demonstrated skills in clinical teaching, competency in the use of contemporary information systems and experience in the development of specialty education programs
• 7Understanding of the recovery philosophy and trauma informed care in Mental Health with the ability to implement these in clinical practice
• A current NSW drivers licence, including P1 or above, and willingness to use same as required for the position

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