AddressHealth Professional Level 3 (PN 40902)
Salary: $99,819 - $110,398 (Plus 11.5% Super) Location: Canberra Health ServicesSection: Adult Community Mental HealthClosing Date: 26 June 2024What 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:
MHJHADS provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided range from prevention and treatment to recovery and maintenance of well-being and harm minimisation. The participation of people access to our service is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. MHJHADS works in partnership with individuals, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
MHJHADS delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, other community settings including people’s home. These services include:
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Adult Acute Mental Health Services
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Adult Community Mental Health Services
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Alcohol & Drug Services
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Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
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Justice Health Services
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Rehabilitation and Specialty Mental Health Services
The Access Mental Health Team (AMHT) aims to improve the Mental Health and well-being of people who are residing in the Australian Capital Territory by facilitating access to high quality, integrated Mental Health services. The AMHT provides a centralised access process with the aim of providing an identified service entry point to undertake 24-hour triage and a thorough Mental Health assessment that will link people with the services that most appropriately meets their needs. This will ensure that people are able to access the right Mental Health service at the right time. AMHT aims to optimise recovery through the provision of an excellent Community Mental Health care service. AMHT incorporates the guidelines and principles outlined in the Adult Community Model of Care, ensuring that the teams’ practice is current and is keeping pace with the changes occurring in the greater MHJHADS teams. The AMHT function is critical to identify and mitigate potentially life-threatening risks for people calling the service.
At this level, it is expected that you will provide high quality clinical interventions and care to achieve positive outcomes for people. It is an expectation that you will contribute your expertise to the multidisciplinary team; provide supervision to staff within the Access Mental Health Team, as well as students. All team members are required to undertake professional development and supervision, participate in quality initiatives, and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes. The position reports to a Team Leader, who is based on site in the health centre and is supported by a cohesive multi-disciplinary team of Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Recovery Support Officers, Administration Service Officers, Psychiatry Registrars and Consultant Psychiatrists.
This work will primarily be based in the Belconnen Health Centre, however at times the location of this work may be at other settings in the community such as private residences and or health centres.
There may be some driving involved in this role: and the successful candidate will be expected to work in a 38-hour, seven day per week 24 hour rotating roster including night shift.
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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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 2x page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.
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 Jodie Russell at (02) 5124 0*** or at *************@act.gov.au
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