Location: Canberra, ACT; Sydney, NSW; Brisbane, QLD; Melbourne, VIC
Salary Range: $148,277 - $166,893 + Attractive Superannuation
Contact Officer: Dr Anna Colwell
The Chief Health Officer Division is seeking an experienced clinical psychologist or registered psychologist with appropriate additional experience and training, with an interest in veterans' health. The Senior Mental Health Adviser plays a critical role in ensuring the appropriate use of clinical evidence to support veterans and their families to access healthcare services within their entitlements. You will have the opportunity to challenge current business practices and innovate in order to improve the efficiency of our processes and enhance our services to clients, which will be delivered in a client-centric manner.
The ideal candidate will have at least five years' experience as a practicing psychologist and demonstrated experience in leading a small team. You need to possess excellent leadership and demonstrated ability to cultivate a high performing team, excellent organisational skills, ability to drive clinical governance, quality improvement and change management within the team, ability to manage competing priorities with fluctuating workloads, and demonstrated ability to support and operationalise strategic goals. The successful candidate will have the ability to develop, analyse, interpret and provide high level strategic advice on mental health research and policy.
You will promote workplace practices consistent with the APS Values and have excellent interpersonal skills. Executive Level 2 employees are strong managers and create an environment that empowers their staff to give their best.
Duties
Be the advice and escalation point for complex, urgent, ambiguous or sensitive requests for funding of health service.
Manage a team of Mental Health Advisers (MHAs), including establishing a positive team culture, monitoring individual workloads and availability of MHAs, performance reviews, and establishing team processes.
Respond to queries from the business areas regarding incomplete or unclear medical evidence, including resolving conflicting advice from MHAs.
Oversee team compliance with DVA and Health Branch policy and procedures.
Work collaboratively within the CHO Division, health business areas and other DVA business areas to improve the quality and timeliness of clinical advice.
Provide advice to DVA Management regarding the impact of policy and procedural changes, as they relate to mental health advice processes or the wider health system.
Provide insight as to industry trends, standards of care and current clinical practice within their professional area of expertise.
Liaise with external providers in relation to complex or systemic issues using an agreed procedural framework.
Drive quality improvement, including:
Coordination of ongoing education
Dissemination of business updates
Clinical governance and oversight.
Training, development and mentoring.
Formal Audit procedures
Identification of relevant policy and procedural changes that may lead to service quality and efficiency improvement
Provide advice to Policy and Program Delivery Division (PDD) branches regarding programmatic health policy issues and complex case policy interpretation including the oversight of evidence gathering for emerging treatments.
Collaborate with the Provider Engagement Team on DVA provider education activities.
Provide assistance to the Deputy Chief Health Officer (DCHO) and the Chief Health Officer (CHO) as required.
Mandatory Requirements & Experience
Current unrestricted registration as a Clinical Psychologist with AHPRA or unrestricted registration as a psychologist with AHPRA with additional relevant experience and training.
Significant (at least 5 years) clinical experience across health areas of specific interest to DVA (e.g., general mental health, trauma, drug and alcohol).
Recent independent clinical practice in a relevant field.
Eligibility
Under section 22(8) of the Public Service Act 1999, employees must be Australian citizens to be employed in the Australian Public Service (APS).
All applicants external to DVA offered employment will be required to successfully undergo a pre-engagement screening check, even if they have a security clearance. The screening check is conducted in accordance with the Australian Government Protective Security Policy Framework requirements.
The successful candidate will be required to obtain and maintain a Baseline Vetting (AGSVA) security clearance.
Notes:
This recruitment process is being used to fill ongoing and/or non-ongoing position/s. For more information about the role, please see the Candidate Information Pack.
Where a non-ongoing position is offered, the role will be filled for an initial specified term of up to 23 months.
A merit pool of suitable applicants may be created which may be used to fill future ongoing and non-ongoing vacancies should they become available over the next 18 months.
Successful applicants engaged into the APS will be subject to a probation period.
DVA embraces and fosters a culture that supports diversity, inclusion and respect, where people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We welcome people with diverse skills, experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. We are dedicated and committed to attracting and recruiting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and encourage applications from people with disability, people that identify as LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Take on a rewarding, varied, and broad career with an Australian Public Service Department that can bring balance and flexibility to your working life, while supporting you to stay connected to your community.
DVA is committed to improving the data skills and capability of our workforce to underpin our goal of becoming a leading data-driven organisation.
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