Mental Health Manager

7 months ago


Mile End, Australia Adelaide Primary Health Network Full time

**Introduction**:
About Us

Adelaide Primary Health Network (Adelaide PHN) is an independent, not for profit, primary health care organisation based in Adelaide.

We aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the Adelaide community by coordinating and integrating health and community services and by working in partnership to identify local needs and create strategies in response to keeping people well and out of hospital; improving their experience AND their health outcomes - to deliver on our vision of ‘shaping the health system to deliver better outcomes for vulnerable people, and a healthier Adelaide’.

Why you should come work with us

Adelaide PHN offers a great range of benefits to our employees, including:
Competitive remuneration and work-life balance.
Access to generous not for profit Salary Sacrifice taxation benefits including up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meal and entertainment.
Work from home opportunities.
Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year, in addition to annual leave entitlements.
Generous allowance toward professional development.
Family friendly and flexible working arrangements.
Collaboration with passionate likeminded professionals.
Free Employment Assistance Program.

**Description**:
The Role

Reporting to the Executive Manager Mental Health, AOD & Procurement this position is responsible for ensuring that commissioning activity, partnerships and projects respond to evidenced needs and delivers upon organisational strategy to improve equity of access to quality primary mental health services for priority communities and population cohorts.

The role will collaborate with all functional teams across Adelaide PHN and play a key role implementing strategy to strengthen local service system responses to address community need. It will lead the development of collaborative responses across sectors and deliver upon strategies that support appropriate solutions.

**The Mental Health Manager will**:
Provide leadership to the Mental Health Team, including leading:
integration activities across mental health and suicide prevention.
activities to support coordinated and collaborative approaches to suicide prevention services and aftercare.
strategies to support service integration and collaboration across the mental health stepped care continuum.
and ensuring adherence to best practice, clinical governance and policies.

Review and provide advice and guidance on the design, implementation, delivery and performance of mental health and suicide prevention services and initiatives funded by Adelaide PHN.
Meaningful, active and professional stakeholder engagement representing Adelaide PHN, in particular with LHNs, GPs, pharmacy and allied health professionals.
Work with stakeholders, including services users, community representatives and service providers to build strong relationships and improve service models for equitable care and access.
Contribute to the development of mental health and suicide prevention needs assessments and annual plan.

For more information, you can view the position description here (SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn applicants please go to our website).

**Skills and Experiences**:
About You

**To be successful in this role you will need**:
Relevant degree and post graduate qualifications in health/ mental health combined with a minimum 3 years’ experience in a management or strategic planning role.
Significant demonstrated experience of successfully managing multi-stakeholder projects or programs.
Extensive experience working in clinical mental health care delivery, including previous registration or eligibility for registration as a mental health clinician.
Significant experience in health service planning, health project delivery or health policy review and improvement.
Significant experience at a senior management level, including high level strategic thinking and planning skills; and ability to transition between the strategic to the operational.
Ability to build and maintain strong collaborative business relationships for the benefit of the organisation.
Successful track record in management of significant budgets, business and project management plans.

How to Apply

Applications will ONLY be considered when received through our careers portal.

We believe that our people’s differences are what make us great. We value diversity in culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability status, neurodiversity or any other aspect which makes our people unique. We are on our journey to continuously work to call out inequality and bias and encourage real workplace inclusion and diversity.

Our Commitment to Reconciliation and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment


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