Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Clinician
Northern Sydney Local Health District (NSLHD) Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Service (PIMHS) are seeking an experienced and motivated mental health clinician to join our PIMHS team, based at Hornsby Community Mental Health Service, 2 days/ week (0.4FTE) until June 2025.
Employment Type: Temporary Part Time until 30 June 2025 (with possibility of ongoing employment)
Position Classification: Dependent on Qualification
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ546258
Salary per hour:
Clinical Nurse Consultant (Grade 1): $63.91 - $65.22
Clinical Psychologist: $55.10 - $67.16
Allied Health Professional (Level 4): $61.36 - $62.84
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
The PIMHS Clinician will be based at Hornsby Community Mental Health Service, Level 2, Palmerston Centre, Derby Road Hornsby, NSW 2077.
What you'll be doing
The Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Clinician (PIMHC) is based in sector Mental Health Services and a member of an LHD-wide PIMHC Team. Working with sector Mental Health Services, the PIMHC will provide PIMH specific consultation liaison to MHS and service partners; intensive short term mental health care and longer term care coordination for pregnant women and parents who are primary carers for an infant up to 2 years of age, and who have severe and complex mental health problems. Priority will be based on severity of parental mental illness and/or complex management or family and other social issues that impact on the care of the infant.
The PIMHC will utilise knowledge and understanding of attachment theory; trauma informed care; infant development ;the impact of mental health problems on parenting and parent infant relationship and culturally sensitive practice in assessment care planning and delivery of care to consumers
The PIMHC will provide specialist clinical mental health services to pregnant or parent consumers, and their infants in the perinatal period where a parent is presenting with complex mental health problems.
The PIMHC provides leadership in the assessment and management of families in the perinatal period where a parent is presenting with complex mental health problems. Through the maintenance of high standards of professional ethics and clinical competence.
The clinician also contributes to planning and implementation of specialist clinical education regarding assessment and care provision for families in the perinatal period where a parent is presenting with complex mental health problems.
People of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background encouraged to apply.
Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:
- 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.
- Tertiary qualification in a clinical health field, such as Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, and Occupational Therapy. The Clinical Psychologist will be fully registered and hold a Masters degree or higher; the Registered Nurse requires a minimum of 5 years full time post graduate experience with an approved post graduate qualification and substantial relevant experience; and the Allied Health Professional will hold a relevant Bachelors degree and registration with a minimum experience at Level 2.
- Previous experience in working with parents and families with infants experiencing severe and complex parental psycho-social and psychiatric problems in the perinatal period with demonstrated knowledge of the impact of mental health problems and mental illness on parenting, parent – infant relationships and infant development.
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For role related queries or questions contact Regan Runnalls on Regan.Runnalls@health.nsw.gov.au
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: 3 February 2025
