AddressAbout the Role
The primary purpose of this position will be to plan, coordinate, and provide evidence based, trauma informed and culturally and developmentally appropriate assessment and treatment to young people (up to the age of 24yrs) in acute Mental Health distress. The role offers specialist advice and consultation to their adult Mental Health colleagues, supports the smooth transition from CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) to Adult Mental Health and facilitates the engagement of multiple stakeholders including health, government and community managed agencies, in order to optimise care provision and health outcomes for young people and their families.
This position sits within the local Adult Mental Health Team (Lakes + Hunter Valley), however, has joint leadership support between CAMHS and Adult Mental Health. This position also has professional responsibility to the appropriate HNELHD Mental Health Head of Discipline and will be linked into in discipline specific supervision and supports, alongside the multi-disciplinary clinical supports of the Adult Mental Health, YES and broader CAMHS Teams.
Where you'll be working
The Youth Engagement Service (YES) Positions are CAMHS positions embedded within the adult Mental Health teams to deliver essential community based, assertive and flexible short-term multidisciplinary service delivering skilled evidence-based interventions to resolve Mental Health crisis with young people and their families. These interventions include risk management and stabilisation, safety planning and containment, brief intervention and multiagency/service linkage.
Two permanent, full-time positions are available – 1.0FTE at Hunter Valley Mental Health Team (Maitland) and 1.0FTE at Lake Macquarie Mental Health Team (Charlestown)
About You
We are seeking an emotionally intelligent, client centred, passionate and enthusiastic Senior Clinician – who has the ability to support the needs of young people and their families experiencing acute Mental Health. Expert interpersonal relationships will be key in this role.
Additional Information
- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
- Job share/Part Time arrangements may be considered – if no suitable full-time applicants are identified.
- To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable local candidate is identified for the position; in this instance, you may only be offered employment in line with the conditions and expiry date of your visa.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.
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This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2023_022: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
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). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (AIR Immunisation History Statement) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of COVID-19 vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement (IHS), or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate, or AIR COVID-19 and Influenza IHS. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
