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Mental Health Clinicians x2 - Urgent Mental Health Care Centre

Neami National
  • 2x Part Time positions available (0.9FTE and 0.7FTE)
  • Health Professionals and Support Services Award 2010, Level 2
  • 7-day rotating roster as per the operational requirements of the service
  • Maximum term contract until 30 October 2022, with high possibility of extension to 30 September 2024; subject to review of funding contracts and performance

About the Role

The Urgent Mental Health Care Centre (UMHCC) Registered Nurse is an exciting new role responsible for providing person centred clinical nursing care services to consumers accessing the Urgent Mental Health Care Centre. The UMHCC is based on our formal partner, RI International’s (RII) “Crisis Now” movement and their international leading lived experience, high engagement, multi-disciplinary crisis model offering an alternative to Emergency Department presentations.

As a Mental Health Clinician, you will draw on your discipline skills, engage with the consumer, other clinicians, the consumer’s treatment team, Neami staff and family/friends/carers to provide high quality assessments and interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for consumers accessing the UMHCC. There will be a strong emphasis on preparing the consumer to transition home. This work will focus on clinical assessment and collaborative care planning. You will work as a member of a multidisciplinary team to promote a culture of continuous improvement by providing regular and ongoing opportunities for employees to give feedback, and through effective communication of continuous improvement processes.

What will you bring to the role

  • Previous experience as an allied health worker
  • Significant clinical experience in an acute, sub-acute or other setting in which crisis care is a core component of service delivery.
  • Demonstrated ability to build partnerships with government and non-government health and welfare service providers to pursue practical strategies to improve service delivery to consumers
  • Highly developed interpersonal skills, including using reflective practice principles
  • Advanced level of clinical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to plan and coordinate the provision of crisis care
  • Experience in working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team with the ability to inspire and facilitate team commitment and cooperation
  • Knowledge of complex mental health and drug and alcohol issues
  • Knowledge of the recovery model

Mandatory requirements:

  • Qualified in one of the following disciplines: social work, psychology or occupational therapy
  • Registration with the relevant accreditation body in your field (AHPRA/AASW) – please refer to PD for more information
  • Current SA Working with Children Check
  • Australian Working Rights
  • Driver’s licence
  • Police check (refer to PD) – disclosable outcomes considered

Recruitment Information Session

Want to know more? Come and join us for an online Information Session.

If you are interested in this position and/or want to know more about Neami National, Urgent Medical Health Centre and open positions, feel free to attend one of our Recruitment Information Sessions. The sessions are scheduled for:

  • Monday 26th October 5.30pm-6.30pm
  • Thursday 29th October 5.30pm-6.30pm

Both sessions will be via zoom, if you are interested, RSVP to Lesley Tang on [email protected], using the subject line: Mental Health Clinicians - Urgent Mental Health Care Centre enquiry via EthicalJobs. Lesley will send the zoom invite link.

About Neami

Neami National is a community mental health service supporting people living with mental illness to improve their health, live independently and pursue a life based on their own strengths, values and goals.

In our most recent Staff Engagement Survey, 89% of our Staff recommend Neami as a great place to work, with 87% of staff proud to say they work for Neami.

“Neami’s been amazing for career development. I’ve gone through several different types of roles and positions. Over the last 11 years there have been so many opportunities to engage with, and the organisation really supports people to do that”

We acknowledge Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities as the Traditional Custodians of the land we work on and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging. We recognise that their sovereignty was never ceded. Neami National is committed to cultivating inclusive environments for staff, consumers and carers. We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We are an environmentally conscious organisation.

Why work with us?

Neami offers its staff a variety of incentives, such as:

  • Diverse and inclusive organisation
  • Salary Packaging providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses
  • Comprehensive Learning and Development training
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

How to apply:

If you feel you have the skills and experience to succeed in this role, then please apply now.

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description. If you have any further questions not addressed in the advertising words or position description, please contact:

Rebecca Ljubic, Service Manager: 0437 180 036.

No recruitment agency candidates need apply.

We celebrate multidisciplinary teams and value the rich skills and experiences brought by applicants from a range of sectors and professional backgrounds. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.

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