Duty Officer - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services

at  ACT Health

DESCRIPTION

Employment Type: Full-time, Temporary, 11.5 months with the possibility of extension and/ or permanency.
Classification: Health Professional Level 3/ Psychologist Level 3 (PN 49488)
Salary for HP3: $108,459 - $116,711 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Salary for P3: $119,610 - $129,882 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Note: This role will be filled at either a Health Professional Level 3 or Psychologist Level 3 depending on qualifications and experience, in line with the Enterprise Agreement.
Location: Canberra Health Services
Section: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Closing Date: 18 February 2025

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.
Please note that selection for this position may be based on written application and referee checks only.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.