Youth Mental Health Initiative Project Officer

4 weeks ago

Queanbeyan, Australia Southern NSW Local Health District Full time

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time contract (until 30 June 2025)
**Location**: Negotiable within Southern NSW LHD sites
**Position Classification**: Health Mgr Lvl 2
**Remuneration**: $106,142 to $125,241 per annum
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ527592
**Applications Close**: 2 November 2024
**Interview Information**: Scheduled within 10 days of closing

Southern NSW Local Health District covers a large area of the southern half of NSW. Surrounding the ACT on three sides and all the way down to the Victorian border, it extends from the pristine beaches of the NSW South Coast, the farmlands of the Southern Tablelands, across the picturesque Great Dividing Range and the spectacular Snowy Mountains. We have 18 facilities and our hospitals take care of more than 200,000 people. As we are a major local employer, our staff are a part of our local communities. To find out more on what it is like to live and work in Southern NSW LHD click here - **We are Southern**.**

**What we offer**
- Salary Packaging - up to $9k for living expenses + $2.6k meal & entertainment + Novated leasing
- Corporate Health and Fitness program
- 11% Superannuation on top of your gross income
- Annual Leave Loading

**Where you'll be working**
There is an abundance of lifestyle benefits available to you in country NSW and you will be amazed at what you will have access to - and it all comes without the queues and crowds of a big city, enviable lifestyles and affordable property surrounded by an eclectic mix of small towns and villages. Canberra or Sydney is just a short drive away, you can enjoy all the attractions of a big city. Connect easily and quickly with the world through the Canberra International Airport, or Sydney domestic and International Airport with the beach and ski fields just 2 hours away. Imagine Rural - Southern NSW Local Health District

**What you'll be doing**

The YMH Initiative Project Officer will support to the implementation of the YMH Initiative within SNSWLHD. The position will undertake the full role of project management activities including project planning, stakeholder negotiation, milestone reporting and implementation of quality improvement processes.
The Project Officer will work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders, including SNSWLHD managers and staff, Headspace managers and staff, consumers and carers, key external partners and the NSW Ministry of Health to facilitate the effective implementation of the YMH Initiative Team.
The YMH Initiative is a new service designed to provide early access to specialist mental health care for young people presenting to headspace with severe and complex mental health needs. This will be achieved by providing dedicated resources and through strategic partnerships and regional planning to improve the coordination and integration of youth mental health services.
The YMH Initiative and Model of Care will be implemented and established as part of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) and the project officer position will report directly to the Manager CAMHS.

**Selection Criteria**
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and/or relevant professional experience in the implementation of projects and initiatives in a mental health or similarly complex environment.
- An understanding of the contemporary issues, challenges and directions facing mental health services.
- Demonstrated time management skills and ability to prioritise and meet conflicting deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively, exercising initiative and judgement, as well as the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain effective, meaningful and supportive working relationships with a range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, and externally.
- Proven ability to communicate and negotiate with all stakeholders, including the ability to clearly explain complex ideas and customise communication to the audience with proven ability to write fluently in a range of styles and formats, and competence in the use of information technology systems.
- Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to interpret complex information rapidly and accurately.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers' license and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.

**Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases**
This is a Category ‘A’ position, please read and understand NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015 All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in this policy. OASV requirements also include proof of vaccination against influenza and is compulsory for NSW Staff that enter any Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF) or who work in NSW Health owned and operated RACFs.

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