Senior Intake Clinician, Northern Beaches Child and Youth Mental Health Service
An exciting opportunity exists for a motivated senior mental health clinician with a strong interest in and commitment to improving the mental health of children and young people to join the dynamic and supportive Northern Beaches Child and Youth Mental Health Service at Brookvale Community Health Centre.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Dependent on qualification
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ661494
Salary per week:
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.
- Innovation is at our core, with opportunities for research driven evidence based practice, ensuring our work remains engaging and fulfilling.
- Clear pathways for career progression, supported by training secondments, recognition and mentorship, empower employee and leaders alike to reach their professional goals.
- Join us on a journey to a place where every achievement is celebrated and every opportunity is embraced.
Where you'll be working
Brookvale Community Health Centre.
What you'll be doing
The Northern Beaches Child & Youth Mental Health Service (NB CYMHS) provides comprehensive multi-disciplinary assessment and clinical interventions for infants, children and adolescents affected by moderate to severe / complex mental health problems or experiencing significant emotional and behavioural distress through a range of individual, family-based and group therapeutic interventions.
The Senior Intake Clinician, in collaboration with the NB CYMHS Service Manager and Clinical Lead, will provide expert clinical guidance, supervision and oversight of the CYMHS intake processes to ensure delivery of high-quality evidence-based mental health triage, mental health and risk assessments, incorporating implementing and reviewing safety plans for young people presenting in crisis within the community and to the Hospital Emergency Department. The Senior Intake Clinician will be required to exercise independent clinical judgement, initiative, and problem-solving skills to provide senior clinical support to the multi-disciplinary clinicians within NB CYMHS and to other relevant stakeholders.
The role will also involve direct provision of clinical assessment and care to young people and their families and to carry a small caseload of allocated clients with complex mental health needs requiring ongoing therapeutic intervention, as delegated by the Clinical Lead.
The role also includes provision of clinical supervision, leadership of quality improvement initiatives, leadership in evaluation and reporting on clinical service delivery, development of service improvements, development of education tools and the teaching/mentoring of other health care colleagues and students.
The Senior Intake Clinician may be required to act up into the Clinical Lead and/or Service Manager position as indicated and delegated by the Service Manager or CYMHS Service Director.
- AHPRA registration as a Registered Nurse, Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or eligibility for membership with AASW. Social Worker and Occupational Therapist require experience at a minimum level 2 clinician or equivalent. Clinical Nurse Consultant Level 1 must have a minimum of 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience and relevant post graduate qualifications, or other such qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the employer. Clinical Psychologists will have a Masters degree or higher in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology, or some other recognised clinical area that the employer deems relevant. Senior Psychologist must have completed a minimum of one year at the 9th year of service and thereafter point on the salary scale for Psychologist.
- Approved post registration tertiary qualification relevant to child and adolescent or youth mental health or extensive post graduate clinical experience in mental health, and previous experience in working with families of working with children and/or young people experiencing severe and complex mental health and psychosocial vulnerabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to provide clinical leadership, service coordination and support to a multi-disciplinary team, including direct clinical care.
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For role related queries or questions contact Noel Meredith on Noel.Meredith@health.nsw.gov.au or 0475 959 322
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.
