Mental Health Clinician
Mental Health Clinician Level 3/Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) 2 at the Youth Response Team based at Macquarie Hospital and Mona Vale Hospital. Working across 7 days a week from 2-10.30pm with young people who are in mental health crisis.
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Position Classification: Dependent on Qualifications
Hours Per Week: 27
Requisition ID: REQ535573
Salary per hour:
Clinical Nurse Specialist (Grade 2): $57.11 - $58.99
Health professionals (Level 3): $54.77 - $56.54
Clinical Psychologist: $53.23 - $64.88
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.
NSLHD is proud of our diverse and inclusive workplaces, a place where health care professionals can thrive and feel they belong. We are committed to ensure that all our people feel respected and participate safely within a work environment without aggression, sexual harassment, discrimination and racism.
Where you'll be working
Macquarie and Mona Vale hospitals
What you'll be doing
Provide after-hours rapid crisis response to young people (12-17years) in suicidal distress within the community, aiming to create a safe space in their home environment and facilitate contact with local services who can provide further and ongoing support. This includes rostered work within the established Safe Havens at Macquarie Hospital and Brookvale Community Health Centre and at the Youth Response Team in North Ryde and Mona Vale.
Clinicians will provide recovery-oriented and trauma-informed clinical care for young people who are in suicidal crisis. Support may include crisis response, psychosocial support, safety planning, recovery/wellness planning, advocacy, and collaborative identification of community supports, risk assessment, care planning, referral to appropriate care settings, liaison with signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding under the NSW Mental Health Act (2007).
Clinicians will deliver support that aligns with the principles of step up/step down care. This includes making referrals to a range of community-based services for ongoing support if required (step down), or escalating concerns over consumer wellbeing to other acute or emergency services (step up).
The clinicians will work in collaboration with the Towards Zero Suicide working group for the ongoing co-design, phased development and evaluation of the model of care and support best clinical practice.
Clinicians will be working autonomously with minimal clinical direct supervision. They will be utilising extensive specialist knowledge on clinical care of a suicidal person with a focus on young people 12-17years old, for providing independent judgement, solving problems and managing complex cases.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- Recognised qualifications in Social Work, Nursing, Psychology or Occupational Therapy and registration with AHPRA or eligibility for membership of AASW. Demonstrated post graduate clinical experience in mental health. Psychologists require a relevant Masters degree, Allied Health require experience as a level 2 clinician or equivalent. Nursing require relevant post registration qualifications and at least 3 years’ experience working in the clinical area of their specified post-graduate qualifications or such other qualifications or relevant equivalent experience.
- Contemporary current mental health, drug and alcohol clinical knowledge and clinical problem-solving ability with advanced practice skills and commitment to continuing professional development, with a focus on child, adolescent and family groups.
- Willingness to engage in suicide prevention co-design, community of practice and education and training.
- Demonstrated extensive specialist knowledge and recent post registration clinical experience in the management of suicidal persons and have an extensive knowledge of the NSW Mental Health Act (2007).
- Computer literacy and demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills and sound administrative methods.
- Demonstrated capacity to work independently and in multi-disciplinary teams with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Current NSW Drivers Licence.
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For role related queries or questions contact Julie Wortans on Julie.Wortans@health.nsw.gov.au or 0439 415 712
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. 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.
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
Applications Close: 5 December 2024
