Specialist Rehabilitation Clinician

An exciting opportunity exists to join the Specialist Rehabilitation Service at Hornsby and be part of an innovative, responsive and effective trauma-informed, recovery-oriented service that is committed to supporting consumers in a flexible and individualised way.

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 12 January 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Dependent on qualification
Remuneration: Dependent on qualification
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ472432

Salary per week:

Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2): $2,107.10 - $2,176.30 

Clinical Psychologist: $2,022.92 - $2,465.63

Allied Health Professionals (Level 3): $2,081.22 - $2,148.66

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
Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community Mental Health

What you'll be doing

The Mental Health Rehabilitation Program (MH-RP) 2005 was established to provide Specialist Rehabilitation staff to deliver individually targeted assessment and interventions and community linkages for people whose mental illness significantly impairs their ability to function in daily life (due to difficulties in social, psychological or cognitive functioning) including:  

• Expert individual rehabilitation assessment and program development and delivery
• Consultation and support for community mental health clinicians in rehabilitation assessment & program development and delivery
• Planned and coordinated integrated service delivery through enhanced service integration with MHDA and its partners.

The position will be sector based: working within non-acute community adult mental health teams including CAMHS and other early intervention programs; to provide psychosocial rehabilitation services (assessment, comprehensive care plan development and intervention support) to consumers of the Sector Adult Mental Health Services and to work in collaboration with community service providers.  

 People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

1. Relevant tertiary qualification in Psychology or Occupational Therapy with current AHPRA registration. Social workers must have relevant tertiary qualifications and must be eligible for membership to the AASW. Diversional Therapists must have Bachelor or post graduate degree of health science or applied science in leisure, recreation or diversional therapy and eligibility for Diversional and Recreation Therapy Australia. Extensive clinical experience as a Diversional therapist to the minimum of a Level 2 is required. Clinical Psychologists must have minimum postgraduate Masters in Clinical Psychology and current registration with AHPRA. 
2. Experience with evidence based practice, work experience providing mental health rehabilitation services within a recovery paradigm, clinical experience with a variety of psychosocial interventions to assist in consumer goal attainment including but not limited to psycho-education, family work, motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy.
3. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and extensive experience in working collaboratively with key stakeholders including Health, NGO and local government to provide services to mental health rehabilitation consumers.
4. Current NSW motor vehicle drivers licence.

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For role related queries or questions contact Haylee Zink on ***********@health.nsw.gov.au or 0409 313 ***.

This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases including COVID-19. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.

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Applications Close: 14 March 2024