Mental Health Clinician Lower North Shore Assertive Outreach Team

Exciting care coordination role within the dynamic Lower North Shore Assertive Outreach Team! This role offers a clinician the opportunity to deliver a high quality, comprehensive Mental Health service for adults experiencing serious and enduring Mental Health difficulties.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Dependent on Qualifications
Remuneration: Dependent on Qualifications
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ456603
Salary:
Allied Health Professional (Level 1/2): $1,359.64 - $1,939.70
Psychologist: $1,432.43 - $2,096.59
Registered Nurse: $1,342.54 - $1,884.90
Who we are: We are a health service that touches thousands of lives across the Northern Sydney Local Health District, together as a team of like-minded people. We are passionate, driven and have the skills and knowledge to care for our patients whilst creating the best services possible. Our teams have meaningful, interesting and rewarding work everyday. We challenge and nurture each other, sharing our knowledge and experience so that we can deliver better care for everyone There’s a real sense of belonging here because we value and respect our patients, employees, and teams’ voices. You’ll feel a real privilege being a trusted caregiver in our patients, their families, their carers, and our communities’ lives.
Where you'll be working
Community Mental Health Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital. St Leonards
What you'll be doing
This community-based role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with individuals with a complex range of Mental Health and physical health needs. Acting as a key member of a multi-disciplinary team, the Mental Health Clinician will provide assessment and evidence-based interventions using a collaborative, recovery approach and will be skilled at positive risk management. Working closely in collaboration with carers and families and liaising with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.
Each person’s unique journey of recovery will be supported by Mental Health drug and alcohol services in a way that fosters hope, purpose and resilience.
MHDA Statement of Intention
The intention of the NSLHD MHDA is to provide recovery-oriented, trauma informed services that are guided by evidence based practices and collaboration.
The Mental Health Clinician will deliver a high quality, comprehensive Mental Health service for adults experiencing serious and enduring Mental Health difficulties. The role involves managing a defined caseload with a focus on working with individuals who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties. Acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, the Mental Health Clinician will provide assessment and evidence based interventions using a collaborative, recovery approach and will be skilled at positive risk management. Working closely in collaboration with carers and families, and liaison with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrate these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or eligibility for membership with AASW.
• Demonstrated ability of putting people who experience Mental Health issues first and at the centre of practice and service delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to support personal recovery and deliver recovery focused, evidence based interventions.
• Demonstrated ability to uphold the human rights of people experiencing Mental Health issues and challenging stigma and discrimination; advocating to address the poor and unequal living circumstances that adversely impact on recovery.
• A High level of written and verbal communication skills promoting a culture and language of hope and optimism.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
• Current NSW Drivers Licence.

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For role related queries or questions contact Jenna Frost on Jenna.Frost@health.nsw.gov.au or on 02 94629100.
All NSW Health workers are required to have two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, as defined by NSW Health. Employees working in a clinical area or are required to attend clinical areas are considered category A. Category A positions are required to provide evidence of having received three doses of COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (TGA) and meet the requirements of the .
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate.
Applications Close: 3 January 2024