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City 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 position is situated within Adult Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS), which is a specialist mental health service that provides services for people aged over 18 years. ACMHS is a part of the Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol and Drug Services (MHJHADS) division.
ACMHS teams operate across the Australian Capital Territory, adhering to either the Adult Community Mental Health Model of Care or the Older Persons Community Mental Health Model of Care depending on area of practice. ACMHS program area services the community's mental health needs in the areas of intake, recovery, supported and therapeutic accommodation, therapy, older persons, neuropsychology, assertive community outreach, homeless outreach and intensive home treatment.
This position is located at Older Person's Mental Health Community Team (OPMHCT), which provides community-based specialist intake and initial assessment, care planning and treatment for older adults experiencing (or suspected of experiencing) a mental illness or mental disorder who are living at home or in an aged care facility within the ACT. OPMHCT provides specialist advice, expertise, consultation to other health care providers, plus a range of interventions including assessment, advice, advocacy, short term treatment and interventions, intensive or assertive outreach treatment, clinical management, physical health review, care coordination and case review.
This is a senior clinical position that will sit within any of the three main sub teams providing direct person-centred care. At this level the HP3 will provide mental health services to people who present with highly complex mental health conditions, including the provision of advanced assessment, recovery planning, clinical coordination and therapeutic interventions to achieve sound outcomes for people, under minimal supervision. The HP3 will contribute their expertise to the multidisciplinary team, provide supervision to HP2, HP1, allied health assistants, and students and support the Team Leader in change processes. The HP3 will undertake quality initiatives to promote service delivery at a standard of best practice.
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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