Disaster Response and Recovery Clinician

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time - To - 30 June 2027
**Location**: Bega
**Position Classification**: Dependent on qualifications
**Remuneration**:
Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2: $128,030.55 to $130,582.08 per annum
Clinical Psychologist: $105,553 to $128,653 per annum
Occupational Therapist Level 5: $126,240 to $129,309 per annum
Social Worker Level 5: $126,240 to $129,309 per annum
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ524451
**Applications Close**:12 October 2024**
**Interview Information**: Interviews to be held within 10 days of closing date

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**
- Work collaboratively with existing health services, regional hospitals and emergency services agencies in the disaster planning, response and recovery phases.
Work within a stepped care framework in collaboration with general practitioners, allied health professionals, schools, public mental health services, and private psychologists and psychiatrists.
Work closely with local government and non-government disaster recovery partners to build capacity and ensure people are able to access the right level of mental health care for their individual needs.

The objectives of the program are to:

- ensure that disaster affected individuals can access appropriate and timely clinical services to deal with mental health needs arising from disasters
- target vulnerable population groups across the region
- ensure emergency services staff and volunteers can access appropriate and timely clinical services to deal with mental health needs arising from disasters.

Build capacity and and develop pathways for transfer of care for consumers requiring ongoing mental health treatment and care.

**Selection Criteria**
- Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency (AHPRA) with a minimum of 5 years' full time equivalent, post registration experience and at least 3 years' full time equivalent experience in the mental health field and post graduate qualifications in mental health nursing or area relevant to the clinical specialty, or Senior Allied Health Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Senior Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist registered with or eligible for registration with APHRA or eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers with a minimum of 5 years' full time equivalent, post graduate experience and at least 3 years' full time equivalent experience in the mental health field.
- Demonstrated expertise and advanced practice skills with the ability to provide an expert consultancy and clinical service for people experiencing mental health problems as a result of bushfires or disaster.
- Demonstrated organisational skills and ability to work autonomously with a broad scope, and to manage a demanding workload with competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to foster teamwork and interagency collaboration to support coordinated and integrated mental health services within a stepped care model.
- Demonstrated experience in clinical service planning and ability to work within an interagency framework to contribute to service development, including developing innovative responses to unique needs.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers' licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays

Applicants can request reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Please contact Gemma Iss