Health Professional Officer – Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Full-time Permanent
* 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 onsite Physiotherapists.
* Access to Employee Assistance Program.
About the Role:
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provides assessment and treatment for young people up to the age of 18 years who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues who present to Emergency Department. CAMHS also provides high quality tertiary mental health care for young people aged 14-25 experiencing first onset psychosis.
A day in the life, you will provide appropriate and skilled assessment and risk management to consumers with severe, complex and/or acute mental health issues who have been discharged from Emergency Department or have been discharged from an inpatient facility. To assertively follow up young people post discharge in the community.
You will participate in safety planning with the consumer, families, and carers, whilst working within a recovery focused framework. Include carers, children, Nominated Persons, GPs, and other service providers in the recovery planning process, as required.
We are looking for someone, who has a demonstrated track record of working in a multi-disciplined team environment and supporting and contributing to a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages collaborative teamwork and complies with all the applicable regulatory and legislative requirements set out for such a role.
The role requires the team member to undertake professional development and supervision, participate in quality initiatives and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes.
Additionally, the role is required to be available to work within all program areas of CAMHS, as service needs arise.
Note: A merit pool may be created from this recruitment process and remain valid for 12 months. This pool may be used to fill both permanent and temporary positions across CHS.
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.
Note: This is a permanent position.
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Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.
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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