Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner to join our Adult Mental Health Services team. As a Nurse Practitioner, you will be responsible for providing specialist care to consumers and their families within their designated region identified as at risk of or having moderate to severe mental health disorders.
The Role:
* Provide specialist mental health assessment and clinical management to consumers of Adult Mental Health Services to promote positive mental health outcomes and hospital avoidance.
* Work in accordance with shared care principles and within a multidisciplinary treatment team to assist consumers to access services and enhance their engagement with internal and external agencies.
* Take a lead role in the development and implementation of system changes and service improvements in Adult Mental Health Services.
* Be responsible as a leader, advisor and mentor for other nurses and clinicians to ensure high level clinical excellence within Adult Mental Health Services.
* Contribute to building collaborative working relationships and positive team culture across all services in AMHS, including community services and inpatient units.
Your Skills and Qualifications:
* Well-developed and strong clinical leadership skills, including the ability to collaborate, educate/guide within interprofessional teams, as well as consult, refer, liaise, and negotiate complex professional, clinical & health systems issues.
* Demonstrated high level interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal, and a proven ability to educate, and be influential and credible to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including consumers and health professionals.
* Demonstrated experience to undertake and utilise research to develop, contribute, and apply quality improvement principles and strategies to develop programs and interventions that will enhance the service delivery model of Adult Mental Health Services, and contribute to improved outcomes for consumers and their carers.
Benefits:
* A competitive salary package including 11.5% superannuation contribution.
* Access to salary packaging benefits including living expenses up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal entertainment each FBT year.
* Professional development and accelerated pathways.
* A range of leave entitlements, including study leave and Professional Development Support.
About Us:
We value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ individuals, and people with disabilities.