CYMHS - Mental Health Clinician- Getting on Track in Time (Got-It) team

🔍 North Ryde, Macquarie Hospital | Sydney

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Mental Health Clinician
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REQ476852 Requisition #
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Apr 22, 2024 Post Date

Would you like to work with a caring and dynamic team who partner with NSW state primary schools across the Northern Sydney region, intervening early to support children’s emotional and social development?

If your framework for working with families is child-centred and emotion-focused, you see the adults in children’s lives as the main agency for change and you feel confident and able to communicate effectively with children, parents/carers, and teachers about social & emotional wellbeing, then we encourage you to apply.
Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 8 June 2025 with the possibility of extension
Position Classification: Dependent on qualification
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ476852
Salary:
Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2: $2107.10 - $2176.30
Allied Health Professional: $1359.64 - $1939.70
Psychologist: $1432.43 - $2096.59
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
This position is based at Macquarie Hospital, North Ryde and will include travel to primary schools within the Northern Sydney Local Health District and some evening work to run Social & Emotional Learning (SEL) training and education seminars/webinars for teachers and parents.

What you'll be doing
You would be part of a passionate multidisciplinary team offering group clinical interventions for children and their parent/carers as well as providing parent education and teacher professional learning on how adults can support children’s social & emotional wellbeing, within an early intervention framework.  

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

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:

  1. Relevant tertiary qualifications in psychology, social work, occupational therapy or nursing and relevant registration with AHPRA and eligibility to the AASW. Meet criteria for full registration for psychologists. For nurses - 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.
  2. Clinical skills and experience in the assessment and treatment of children and their families presenting with complex mental health needs, using evidence-based approaches.



Need more information?
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For role related queries or questions contact Cathryn Mcelroy on Cathryn.McElroy@health.nsw.gov.au or 0408 694 991

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.

NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.


Applications Close: 7 May 2024

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