Mental Health Clinician - HAART

at  ACT Health

DESCRIPTION

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Health Professional level 3 (PN 26402)
Salary: $99,819 - $110,398 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: Adult Community Mental Health Services - HAART
Closing Date: 30 June 2024

PLEASE APPLY ONLINE BY SUBMITTING A COPY OF YOUR CV ALONG WITH A 2-PAGE COVER LETTER OR PITCH, RESPONDING TO THE SELECTION CRITERIA, LISTED IN THE POSITION DESCRIPTION.

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.
Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.
North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Erica Campbell at (02) 5124 9152 or at Erica.Campbell@act.gov.au.

The position is situated within Adult Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS), under the Intake Services Teams, which is a specialist mental health service that provides health care and support for people aged from 18 years old. ACMHS provides evidenced based and personalised care planning for recovering people while also collaborating with carers, Nominated Persons, supports and other key stakeholders.
ACMHS teams operate across the Australian Capital Territory, adhering to both the Adult Community Mental Health Model of Care and the Older Persons Community Mental Health Model of Care. ACMHS program area services the community’s mental health needs in the areas of intake, recovery, supported and therapeutic accommodation, therapy, older persons, neuropsychology, assertive community outreach, homeless outreach, and intensive home treatment. The Intake Services Teams - Adult Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS) includes the Home Assessment and Acute Response Team (HAART) and includes a Police Ambulance Clinician Early Response (PACER) service.
HAART provides acute and crisis interventions to facilitate hospital diversion, outreach assessment and treatment to people experiencing and living with a moderate to severe mental illness and complex needs in a community setting. HAART provides assessments and intervention for acute mental health presentations.
PACER is a tri-service mental health co-response capability which works in partnership with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and ACT Ambulance Services to provide a Police Officer, Ambulance Paramedic, and a Senior Mental Health Clinician who will provide a timely mobile response to people experiencing mental health crisis.
HAART, inclusive of PACER operates seven days a week, including weekends and public holidays, and has an overnight on call arrangement. The position holder will be required to work a rotating roster of 8 and 10-hour shifts, including on call arrangement overnight and reports to the HAART Team Leader.
Applicants may apply using the CHS online employment website and must attach two recent referee reports, one which must be from your current line manager, a current resume and no more than a two-page written response that demonstrates your experience against the selection criteria. Depending on the response received applicants may be appointed on merit.
For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.