Duty Officer - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Job Number: 02ML3
Description
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Health Professional Officer Level 3/Psychologist Level 3 (PN 23316)
Salary: $108,459 - $129,882 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Various
Section: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Closing Date: 1st May 2025
What Can We Offer You
* 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.
* Access to Employee Assistance Program.
* Access to discounted gym membership.
* Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
* Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
* Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).
About the Role:
Mental Health, Justice Health, Alcohol & Drug Services (MHJHADS) provide health services directly and through partnerships with community organisations. The services provided range from prevention and treatment to recovery, maintenance, and harm minimisation. Consumer and carer participation is encouraged in all aspects of service planning and delivery. The Division works in partnership with consumers, carers and a range of government and non-government service providers to ensure the best possible outcomes for clients.
The Division delivers services at a number of locations, including hospital inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, detention centres, and other community settings including peoples’ homes.
These Services Include:
* Adult Community & Older Persons Mental Health Services
* Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
* Alcohol & Drug Services (ADS)
* Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
* Justice Health Services (JHS)
CAMHS provides assessment and treatment for young people up to the age of 18 years who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues. CAMHS also provides high quality tertiary mental health care for young people aged 14-25 experiencing first onset psychosis.
The CAMHS Duty Officers are situated within the CAMHS community teams at Belconnen Community Health Centre and Cosmopolitan Building, Bowes St Phillip. The CAMHS Duty Officers provide triage, phone assessment, including crisis response, and face-to-face multidisciplinary assessments within a recovery framework to children and young people up to the age of 18 and their families.
There may be future scope to provide single session interventions for children and young people with mental health issues and their families, facilitate group work, in-reach into Bimberi Youth Justice Centre, police stations, and support Police, Ambulance, Clinician Early Response (PACER) where needed to complete assessments of young people.
CAMHS is seeking a dynamic and experienced Health Professional Level 3 to fulfill the requirements of the Duty Officer role. Under the direction of a Team Manager, the HP3 will provide expertise in triage, mental health assessment, including risk assessments and psychoeducation as well as referral management.
As a HP3 clinician, you will provide support to HP1 and HP2 clinicians. The role will also require the team member to undertake professional development and supervision, participate in quality initiatives and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes.
Psychologists employed by MHJHADS may be eligible for the Mental Health Psychologist allowance under the provisions of the ACT Public Sector Health Professional Enterprise Agreement 2018-2021. Refer to Annex C of the Agreement or speak to the Contact Officer listed to find out if you could be eligible.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.
Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:
* Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
* Current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required for Social Workers.
* 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.
Note: The successful candidate will be required to be available to work within all program areas of CAMHS as service needs arise. An Order of Merit may be used to fill future identical full-time permanent vacancies within a 12-month period. Appointment to the position may be based on written application and referee reports only.
To Apply:
Please submit online, a copy of your CV along with a 2-page response to the Selection Criteria listed in the position description.
Contact: For further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Deepa Ambalakunnil at (02) 5124 1570 or at
Job: Allied Health
Salary Range: 108,459.00 - 116,711.00
Closing Date: 01/May/2025, 1:59:00 PM
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