Senior Clinical Manager - Community Recovery Services
Full-time PermanentCompetitive 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.11.5% Superannuation.Access to Employee Assistance Program.Access to discounted gym membership.Access to onsite Physiotherapists.Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.Up to $12K reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).About the Role: This position is primarily located within the Community Recovery Services (CRS) but staff may be required to work across all of Adult Community Mental Health Services to meet operational demands. CRS teams operate across the Australian Capital Territory, adhering to the Adult Community Mental Health Model of Care.
CRS are a multi-disciplinary team of Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Psychiatry Registrars and Consultant Psychiatrists, and Administration Service Officers.
CRS provide a recovery-focused, strengths-based approach to clinical case management to improve wellbeing and enhance functioning in the community for adults who:
Are experiencing complex mental illness/disorder or psychological distress which is associated with significant functional impairment and/or significant risks.May be subject to a Psychiatric Treatment Order under the Mental Health Act 2015.Have multidisciplinary treatment needs that cannot be met elsewhere in the community or less intensive service.Require regular service contact over a medium to longer-term episode of care.The successful applicant will be responsible for a caseload of clients with support from an allocated psychiatrist and the multidisciplinary team they work in as well as high quality governance structures/supports. The applicant will also be required to fulfill the role of Mental Health Officer, executing processes under the MH Act. The successful applicant will deliver face-to-face care and treatment to clients over a sustained period to enable the person to improve in social and other areas of functioning, require less hospital admissions and engage more actively in treatment. The participation of the people who use the service, including families and carers, is encouraged in all aspects of a person's care and you will work in partnership with a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
At this level, the successful applicant will provide high quality interventions and achieve sound outcomes for people under limited supervision, contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes, undertake professional development and professional supervision including the provision of supervision to staff at level HP1 & HP2, Allied Health Assistants and students, and participate in quality initiatives and strategic planning.
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 focused on the delivery of high quality, effective, person-centered 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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