Employment Type: Permanent Part Time

Position Classification: (Social Worker/Occupational Therapist Level 1/2), Registered Nurse, Psychologist

Hours Per Week: 32

Requisition ID: REQ287626

Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) is seeking a dynamic Community Mental Health Clinician to join our CORE Team at Canterbury Hospital!

Do you have relevant qualifications, and current registration with AHPRA or eligibility for membership to relevant professional body?

Do you have competencies to provide contemporary mental health practice, with a current NSW driver's licence?

The Community Mental Health/Core Team model of care states:

The “Community Mental Health Team” (Core Team) is the mainstay of the community mental health system. Core Teams and provide a range of clinical services including intake, assessment, consultation, treatment, and care coordination. Care coordination is the main component of this model of care and includes extended care coordination, targeted packages of care, and short term care coordination.

Consumers under the care of Core Teams will either have: * Short term interventions and may be discharged or referred back to their GPs or other treatment providers after a period of weeks or months.

• A period of treatment as recommended by evidence based practices.
• Ongoing care and monitoring for prolonged periods.

The Mental Health Clinician will practice in keeping with the standardised Sydney LHD position description for the profession in addition to this position description.

What you will get in return...

Opportunity for Salary Packaging

Become part of a high performing and supportive team

This is a Category A position. To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy

All NSW Health workers are required to have received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved medical contraindication certificate. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination status if successful.

SLHD is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people with disability are encouraged to apply for all internal and externally advertised positions. If you require assistance, please advise the contact person at the time of your application.

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For enquiries, please contact Renae Van Der Pol om 0434 151 773.

If you think this role is for you, then please address the selection criteria and submit your resume by the closing date.