Manager Mental Health Specialty Services and Innovation - Custodial Mental Health - PFT

Position Title:  Manager Mental Health Specialty Services and Innovation - Custodial Mental Health - PFT

If you are passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). We are Just the Place to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most!

Be part of a supportive environment, where you can apply your skills to address complex healthcare needs while broadening your treatment capabilities to maximise patient outcomes. 

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career.

For this role, we are looking for a health care professional with:

• Tertiary qualifications in mental health and/or health management or working towards and/or combination of study and work experience.  
• Project management experience.
• A current NSW Drivers Licence and a willingness to travel within NSW as required.

The Role

This position provides strategic, clinical and operational leadership and management within the Mental Health Services and Programs service provided by Custodial Mental Health. The Health Manager works collaboratively with all levels of staff to ensure line management, human resources, financial management, service planning, development, implementation and evaluation responsibilities are met to ensure specialist forensic mental health care standards are coordinated and implemented in an efficient way.

The position will lead and manage specialist mental health services and implement initiatives/projects that align with the Custodial Mental Health strategic and operational priorities through best practice, engagement, innovation and education.
The Health Manager promotes and models a positive, resilient workplace culture that supports staff and reflects the Justice Health NSW values and Code of Conduct.

The position holder will work within the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (Justice Health NSW) and NSW Ministry of Health policies, procedures and guidelines as well as the relevant Corrective Services NSW legislation, regulations, and policies.

Our Team, Location and Service

Custodial Mental Health (CMH) is a specialist mental health service within Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (the Network) that provides a range of mental health services to adults in NSW correctional centres.

Custodial Mental Health is a specialist mental health team, which has mental health nurses (MHNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), Aboriginal Mental Health Clinicians, psychiatrists, career medical officers (CMOs), and psychiatry registrars who are supported by administrative and managerial staff. CMH clinicians work alongside staff from other Network clinical streams and CSNSW staff, including Psychology, Offender Services and Programs, and Custodial Operations staff in the provision of mental health services. Mental health services begin at the point of reception and continue through to release from custody or transfer to another correctional centre.

Please note: Location is negotiable – Long Bay Correctional Complex (LBCC); Justice Health Olympic Park (JHOP) and  Silverwater Correctional Centre (SCC)

To learn more about careers in our network, please click the links below:

Welcome — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)

Our Locations — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)

Our Health Services — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)

Salary & Benefits

Your salary of $141,974 - $169,151p.a plus superannuation, is just the beginning. 

You will have access to a number of benefits:

·        Eligibility for Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging, and Novated Leasing options.

·        Allocated Days Off (ADOs) and leave loading.

·        Genuine training, education, professional development, and career progression.

·        Support from an enthusiastic and invested team of managers and colleagues 

Diversity & Inclusivity

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees, and people with disability.

*This is a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent. Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977