Consultation Liaison - Clinical Nurse Consultant - Child, Youth And Family

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2
Location: Mental Health Centre Penrith
Remuneration: $128,030.56 - $130,582.09 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ460512
Applications Close: 11/02/2024
With 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.
What we can offer you (for eligible employees):
· Accrued Day Off (ADO) (for full time employees)
· 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 Passport
What you will be doing:?
An exciting opportunity is available for a Clinical Nurse Consultant to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health team as a Consultation Liaison. The Clinical Nurse Consultant 2 (CNC2) will work collaboratively to provide safe, compassionate, person-centred Mental Health Care in collaboration with clients, patients, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams.
The CNC2 is an expert nurse who will provide leadership, advice and recommendations on all aspects of Child and Youth Mental Health Care and who will consult on matters relating to safe and appropriate Mental Health Care and will formulate and implement policy, guide practice development, and engage in education and research activities. The CNC2 is responsible for the provision of clinical supervision to nursing staff and acts as a role model, providing Mental Health Care on a regular basis in community and hospital settings.
An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.?
About us:
Nepean 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: Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community.?
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce.? In the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Mental Health Service, we value and strive for a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to enrich our working environment and deliver excellent care to all consumers, their families and carers, no matter their background or needs. We encourage and welcome applications from people from 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.?
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
Selection Criteria to be Addressed: * Current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse/Midwife with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel. Ability to travel within the LHD in accordance with the position.

• Minimum five years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least three years full time equivalent experience in child and youth mental health and post graduate qualifications in child and youth mental health or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate.
• Demonstrated ability to apply clinical expertise in patient-centred consultancy with the ability to work effectively both as a member of a multidisciplinary team and independently.
• Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal skills across a variety of mediums and an understanding of the practice development framework to clinical practice.
• Demonstrated involvement in the development/change of clinical practice underpinned by evidence-based research.
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to strategic and clinical service planning.
• Demonstrated skills in clinical teaching, experience in the development of specialty education programs, and competency in the use of contemporary information systems.
• Evidence of consistent demonstration of behaviours that reinforce the CORE values of NSW Health with all stakeholders including colleagues, clients, patients and their families.

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