Mental Health Clinician/Family and Carer Consultant (FCC) - St George MHS

Selection Criteria:

1. Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the Health Professionals (State) Award for Social Work & Occupational Therapy; or qualifications in Psychology with a minimum four year degree with a major in psychology and registration with the Psychologists Board of Australia; or current Authority to Practice as a Registered Nurse with at least five years full time equivalent post registration clinical experience and post graduate qualifications relevant to area of specialty, or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation and registered with AHPRA.
2. Extensive post graduate experience in in mental health including working with families and carers.
3. Demonstrated experience in assessment, treatment and management of families of people who have a mental illness in a mental health and community setting, including evidence based family/carer focused interventions.
4. Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, including clinical services throughout all organisational levels to enhance pathways and transfer between care settings.
5. Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence for families and carers, with the capacity to provide clinical supervision to other staff.
6. The ability to initiate, lead, complete co-design quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes and lead ongoing quality improvement activities with other staff.
7. Demonstrated commitment to ongoing clinical and professional learning.
8. Current unrestricted NSW Drivers Licence.

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For role related queries or questions contact Billy Carlon on billy.carlon@health.nsw.gov.au

Applications Close: 14 January 2024