Suicide Prevention Outreach Team

3 weeks ago

Sydney Western Suburbs, Australia Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District Full time

**Employment Type**: Permanent Part Time

**Position Classification**: Clinical Nurse Consultant Gde 2, Snr Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist Lvl 4, Social Worker Lvl 4, Counsellor Lvl 4

**Location**: Nepean Hospital

**Remuneration**: Dependent on Qualifications

**Hours Per Week**: 32

**Requisition ID**: REQ419648

**Applications Close**:20/08/2023

This position is dependent on Qualifications:
Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2 - ($62.08 - $63.32) per hour

Senior Psychologist - ($56.32 - $61.17) per hour

Clinical Psychologist - ($51.46 - $63.11) per hour

Occupational Therapist Level 4 - ($57.51 - $58.95) per hour

Social Worker Level 4 - ($57.51 - $58.95) per hour

Counsellor Level 4 - ($57.51 - $58.95) per hour
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**What we can offer you (for eligible employees)**:

- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport

**What you will be doing**:

- A great opportunity has become available for a talented Mental Health Clinician to join the Suicide Prevention Outreach Team (SPOT) at Nepean Hospital in a Permanent Part Time Position. The Suicide Prevention Outreach Team (SPOT) Clinician will work jointly with a Peer Worker and in collaboration and with NSW Police (Blue Mountains Police Area Command).
The SPOT will provide a targeted response to support people experiencing acute psychological distress and suicidal crisis within the Blue Mountains community. The SPOT will be a secondary response service that can be initiated by front line police officers to provide a compassionate, trauma-informed rapid mental health response to consumers in their homes or preferred community locations.
The clinician and peer worker will work as equal partners, each bringing their own expertise. Early contact will focus on psychosocial reasons for distress, stabilisation, safety planning and distress recognition. There will also be a focus on linkage with outpatient and community services, and on supporting families, friends and carers. The SPOT clinician will establish close links with local health and wellbeing services including Mental Health Teams and General Practitioners.
The position requires advanced professional knowledge and judgement and use of advanced practice skills to provide leadership in specialist mental health and psychosocial assessment, safety planning and brief interventions. The successful applicant will be required to work a 7 day rotating roster on afternoon/evenings and weekends.
The Suicide Prevention Outreach Team supports the strategic direction of the NBMLHD Mental Health Service “The people of our district will always have the best opportunity to receive appropriate mental health and wellbeing services to live well in the community and on their own terms”.
All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model and promote culture and supporting practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviours and interactions with patients, clients and employees.
- An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.

**About us**:

- Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.

**NBMLHD**:Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District will drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery that provides safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community.

**All NSW Health workers are now required to have received 3 doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved medical contraindication certificate. You will be required to provide a record of your COVID-19 vaccination**
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**status if successful.**

**Selection Criteria to be Addressed**:

- Qualifications and experience in Mental Health that align with the Essential Requirements.
- Demonstrated capacity to provide clinical governance and leadership with an understanding of and commitment to the principles and values of the peer (lived experience of suicide) workforce.
- Proven advanced written, oral and interpersonal skills including the ability to consult, collaborate and liaise effectively within a multidisciplinary team, with internal and external stakeholders and the community at large.

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