AddressEmployment Type: Full Time, Temporary 11 months with possibility of extension and or permanencyClassification: Health Professional Level 3 (PN 45690)Salary: $99,819 - $110,398 (Plus 11.5% Super) Location: City Community Health CentreSection: Adult Community Mental Health ServicesClosing Date: 26 April 2024
What can we offer you:
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City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
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Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
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Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
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Flexible working conditions.
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11.5% Superannuation.
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Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
As a Clinical Officer working on the Mental Health Link Team, you will be responsible for providing consultation liaison services to support consumers to live and function within their community and to identified Partnership Community Organisations.
Your duties will include providing advanced allied health care to consumers who require supported accommodation, residential housing, justice community housing, clinical sub-acute housing as well as temporary and short-term accommodation options. Additionally, you will provide advanced support to the division in the areas of post suicide attempt follow up, NDIS planning and discharge consultation liaison.
You will enjoy working as a member of the multidisciplinary team and be highly motivated to engage in consultative and educative practices with families, carers and other agencies.
The successful applicant/s will undertake professional development and clinical supervision, participate in quality initiatives, and contribute to multidisciplinary team processes. The HP3 will contribute their expertise to the multidisciplinary team, provide supervision to HP2, HP1, allied health assistants, and students and support the Team Leader in change processes. The HP3 will undertake quality initiatives to promote service delivery at a standard of best practice.
The position is based at the City Community Health Centre and reports to the Mental Health Link team manager. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who may be interested in working in a program that comprises access, hospital diversion, assertive outreach, community recovery and therapy services, and consultation and liaison with a wide range of stakeholders.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
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Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
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For Social Worker: Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.
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Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
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Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
To Apply:
Please submit a copy of your CV along with a cover letter or 2 x page pitch responding to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description.
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 Chloe Looker at 0403089*** or at ************@act.gov.au
