Senior Mental Health Clinician - SESLHD MHS

Selection criteria:

1. Qualifications in accordance with Schedule C of the NSW Health Service Health Professionals (State) Award. for social work (eligible member of AASW), and occupational therapy (with current AHPRA registration), or registered nurse (with current AHPRA registration) at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, and in addition who has approved post registration nursing qualifications relevant to the field, or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the public hospital or public health organisation or Psychologist with a recognised 4 year degree in Psychology (with current registration with AHPRA) and at least 8 years’ post full registration experience.
2. Extensive post graduate clinical experience in mental health, and previous experience in working with families of infants/children in which parents are experiencing severe and complex psychosocial and psychiatric problems and demonstrated knowledge of the impact of mental health problems and mental illness on parenting, parent-infant/child relationships and infant/child development.
3. Excellent negotiation, decision making and advocacy skills including the ability to interact constructively and collaboratively with a diverse range of stakeholders, throughout all organisational levels.
4. Demonstrated ability to provide high level clinical advice, and development of education tools or programs to support others in providing service excellence.
5. Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and to apply advanced reasoning skills and independent professional judgement when dealing with situations of a novel, complex or critical nature.
6. Demonstrated ability to initiate, lead, complete and share quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation processes.
7. Demonstrated experience in providing advice to managers on clinical service development, practice change and service redesign.
8. Current unrestricted NSW drivers licence and willingness to travel.

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Reasonable Adjustments

NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email SESLHD-Recruitment-MentalHealth@health.nsw.gov.au and let us know. Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required. 

Information for applicants:

• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
• SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support (SESLHD-AboriginalWorkforce@health.nsw.gov.au) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website