Occupational Therapist - Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
Full-time PermanentCity living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.Flexible working conditions.Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).About the Role: The Office of the Director of Allied Health in Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol and Drug Services (MHJHADS) provides strategic leadership, professional governance and advocacy for Allied Health in MHJHADS. The Office of the Director of Allied Health also provides leadership to a range of allied health operational teams including the Allied Health Adult Acute Mental Health Services Team who work in the Adult Mental Health Unit (AMHU), Ward 12B and the Mental Health Short Stay Unit (MHSSU).
The AMHU is a 40-bed inpatient unit for people experiencing moderate to severe mental illness, providing high-quality mental health care guided by the principles of Recovery. The service aims to provide collaborative care involving the person, their carers and other key services.
12B is a 10-bedroom low dependency inpatient unit for patients with a lower risk of behavioural disturbance or vulnerability.
MHSSU is a low dependency 6 bed inpatient unit in the Emergency Department for people requiring extended mental health assessment and/or treatment initiation.
The successful applicant of the HP3 Occupational Therapist position is responsible for conducting skilled clinical assessments and delivering individual and group-based social work interventions. The successful applicant will also be required to undertake professional development and clinical supervision, participate in quality initiatives, and contribute to multidisciplinary team processes. It is an expectation that the successful applicant will provide supervision to staff at the Health Professional 1 and 2 Levels as well as to students and clinically related staff (such as Allied Health Assistants).
The position will report operationally and clinically to the Allied Health Manager and Allied Health Clinical Lead of AMHU/MHSSU/12B respectively. Professional governance of this position will come from the Discipline Principal Occupational Therapy (MHJHADS).
This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday within the Allied Health team and will provide services to the Adult Mental Health Unit, 12B, Mental Health Short Stay Unit, and to any mental health surge wards that open at Canberra Hospital.
The Allied Health team is made up of diverse group of allied health professions that work together to support the recovery goals of consumers admitted to any of the Adult Mental Health Inpatient facilities.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to: Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.For more information on this position and how to apply "click here" Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.
Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
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