NSLHD - Psychiatry - Staff Specialist - Clinical Director - Northern Beaches Community Mental Health Service (Apply via eCredential)
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Hours Per Week: up to 20
Purpose of the Position
The position of Clinical Director Northern Beaches Community Mental Health Services, works under the leadership and in collaboration with the Service Director of NBCMHS, to lead, develop and maintain mental health services to the highest possible quality and safety standard within existing financial and other resources. The post holder has delegated responsibility for the providing leadership of clinical governance of /legislative framework within the service directly mapped to the broader LHD/NSW Health frameworks, including clinical quality and safety, clinical key performance indicators, the implementation and evaluation of clinical service plans and models of care, best practice clinical care (including psychological, psychosocial and pharmacological interventions), system improvements . The post holder is also responsible for the recruitment, retention, professional development, ongoing management and leadership of the medical workforce and responsibility for working with Northern Beaches Hospital Mental Health Service to ensure seamless clinical care to the community that they respectively serve.
The Clinical Director will be allocated 2 sessions for managerial duties (0.2 FTE / 8 hours per week), 2 sessions for structured clinical activities (0.2 FTE / 8 hours per week) and 1 session for teaching and educational activities (0.1 FTE / 4 hours per week) as well participate in the after-hours on-call roster.
Selection Criteria
- MBBS or equivalent, currently registered or eligible for registration with the Medical Board of Australia. Applicants must have Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrist (RANZCP) or other specialist recognition by the Medical Board of Australia.
- Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
- Demonstrated experience in working as a senior clinician in acute psychiatry, general hospital psychiatry and community-based and inpatient settings, including experience in working with the relevant NSW Mental Health Act (2007) or equivalent legislation in other jurisdictions and proven ability to work as a leader and manager of a multidisciplinary team across hospital and community settings; proven high performance as an experienced clinician, with experience in management and leadership.
- Understanding of and commitment to the National, State and Local Health District strategic direction, including commitment to a performance-based organisation
- Demonstrated experience in engaging, liaising, developing sustainable and beneficial working relationships with GPs, consumers and carers, community organisations with demonstrated understanding of the recovery and care coordination models of care
- Proven experience in management and leadership, including proven ability to work as a leader of a multi-disciplinary clinical team and experience in teaching psychiatry to students, trainees and others and supervising trainees in psychiatry and ability to communicate vision and strategy effectively; inspire and motivate others toward the achievement of goals and create a values based organisational culture
- Demonstrated interest in improvement of clinical governance of mental health services, including quality improvement methodologies, and a commitment to fostering this interest in medical staff and other clinicians.
- Current NSW Driver’s License and the ability to drive
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1) The requirements of the position can be viewed via the Position Description
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For role related queries or questions contact Alon Faingold on (02) 8877 4631 or email Alon.Faingold@health.nsw.gov.au
COVID-19 Vaccination Compliancy
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine (except for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine which is approved by the TGA as a single dose primary course). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health or provide an Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW. A NSW Health agency may require further information about the medical contraindication (including but not limited to an Immunisation Medical Exemption form – IM011 form)
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Applications Close: 5 May 2024
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