Deputy Director Mental Health Drug And Alcohol Services

Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $137,173 - $163431 + Super
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ450401
 

• Key to your success, will be understanding our LHD  footprint and the communities we serve.
• You  love to work with people where you will focus on fostering and building relationships with Aboriginal Communities, and work closely with key stakeholders, education, and training providers.
• This role will give you the opportunity to grow and evolve, making a difference to the community, to educate and provide the best Aboriginal  health outcomes

We really aren't that far away - only 3 hours drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia with everything you need right at your front door!

Broken Hill truly is a town like no other with a supportive community that will welcome you with open arms. We can't wait to see you! Take a quick look at "Living and Working" in the Far West. 

About the Opportunity 
 

We have a fantastic role for a Deputy Director Mental Health Drugand Alcohol Services to join FWLHD to take the operational lead to evaluate current practice and process?, work on continuous improvement initiatives and strategies, including being hands on to support our multi- disciplined team. 

Reporting and working closely with the Director Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service, you are collaborative, solutions focused, take pride in your achievements, lead by example, proactive with team leadership experience to build and develop a strong culture, and not afraid of change, to enable growth and make a real difference to our community.

No day will be the same in this busy role, where you are responsible for the senior operational management and leadership of all aspects of a designated group of Mental Health operational clinical services within the Far West LHD.

Some of your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
 

• Provide effective leadership for the management of human, financial and material resources to achieve State and LHD priorities as set by the Director of MHDA.
• Participate as an effective member of the Mental Health directorate, contributing to strategic planning and decision making through collaboration with the wider team.
• Provide expert clinical leadership and support to managers across the district, to ensure effective systems are in place to promote high level communication and cooperation between all teams to enhance continuity of care and improve health outcomes for consumers and their families.
• Ensure integration of Mental Health clinical services across service streams to enable effective patient flow, transfer of care and work through barriers to care with our NGO providers. 

What is on offer

• 5 weeks paid annual leave per year
• 12 paid ADOs per year
• Fitness Passport
• Salary packaging (pay less tax) and enjoy up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment and relocation
• Novated leasing
• Remote Area Housing Benefit
• Isolation & climate allowance
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development through frequent online and face-to-face learning opportunities

About Broken Hill

A true Oasis in the Outback, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australia's first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries (more than pubs)! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability.

With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast-food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafés.

About the Far West LHD

The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW including,  the Barkandji, the Muthi Muthi, the Wilyakali, the Ngiyampaa, the Wadigali, the Malyangaba and the Wangkumara).  Our vision is to create excellence in rural and remote healthcare.

Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.

How to Apply

To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible:

• Possession of appropriate tertiary qualification and/or relevant management experience.
• Demonstrated ability to provide strategic leadership and effective management in a complex, multidisciplinary and evolving Mental Health care service provision environment.
• Demonstrated behaviours that reinforce the CORE values of our organization; Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment.
• Demonstrating these behaviours with all stakeholders, colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers and those that care for them.
• Significant high level clinical experience and competency and demonstrated ability working at a senior management level within a recognised Mental Health service.
• Highly developed interpersonal, negotiation and communication skills and demonstrated ability to influence and achieve the outcomes in areas of responsibility.
• Proven capability to lead service redesign and manage change.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the clinical governance framework as it applies to contemporary Mental Health practices and principles along with a demonstrated understanding of the legislative requirements pertaining to Mental Health services.
• Valid unrestricted drivers license for use in NSW/Australia and willingness to travel in the course of employment.

The Welcome Experience

The Welcome Experience in Broken Hill connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.

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For role related queries or questions contact Denise Jack on ************@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 21st March 2024

At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.