Opmh Consultation Liaison Clinician Ahp2/rn2

**Job no**: 916270
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Eastern
**Categories**: Nursing/Midwifery
- **Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, Rural and Remote Mental Health Service**:

- **Position based at OPMH Specialised Services, RRMHS Glenside**:

- **Salary**:

- **AHP2: $91,785 - $106,330 p.a (pro rata) + superannuation + salary sacrifice benefits**:

- **RN/RM2: $87,416 - $110,497 p.a (pro rata) + superannuation + salary sacrifice benefits**
- **Temporary Part Time working 60.8 hours per fortnight over a 5 day roster, up to 12 months**

**WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?**

Are you an experienced Registered Nurse or Allied Health Professional passionate about mental health care for older persons? Join the Consultation Liaison Service (CLS), part of the Rural and Remote Mental Health Services, where you will help streamline specialist older persons care pathways, provide expert consultation via telepsychiatry, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to improve consumer outcomes.

The Consultation Liaison Service (CLS) is part of the Rural and Remote Mental Health Services Older Persons Mental Health Specialised Services based at Glenside campus, working closely with the Rapid Inreach Service and covering all regional Local Health Networks in South Australia. CLS aims to streamline specialist older persons care pathways, provide expert consultation via telepsychiatry, and facilitate inpatient admissions.

As an Older Persons Consultation Liaison Clinician, you will use your clinical experience and mental health expertise to deliver comprehensive, person-centred care and consultation services. Working autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate mental health interventions tailored to the needs of older consumers, their carers, and families. Your role will include supporting consumer recovery, providing clinical leadership, mentoring less experienced staff and students, and contributing to service improvement initiatives, research, and quality assurance activities. You will collaborate closely with other health professionals and community agencies to ensure coordinated and holistic care.

**WHO ARE WE?**

The Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network offers opportunities across our sites, from Kangaroo Island to Eudunda, wrapping all the way around our metropolitan areas (position based in Glenside). We pride ourselves on providing exceptional care to all our consumers, residents, their families, and community. Our mission is to ensure that you always receive the best quality, safe, consistent, collaborative care and always with kindness. We do this by maintaining exceptional levels of care at all times supported by systems and processes that assure us of quality and safety of our staff and those we serve.

**WHAT DO WE STAND FOR?**

At BHFLHN our values underpin everything we do and the way we behave every day. We also look for people who align to our values and we believe that our passion must be yours to be a success, our values are _Trust, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration and Kindness._

**WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?**
- Are you a skilled communicator with strong problem-solving, negotiation, and teamwork abilities?
- Are you a committed professional who prioritises consumer and family-centred care and works respectfully with Aboriginal communities, with a willingness to undertake cultural safety training?
- Are you innovative and flexible practitioner able to work autonomously while contributing actively to team goals and quality improvement?

**If you have answered yes to any of these questions - then read on...**

**HOW WILL YOU CONTRIBUTE?**
- Deliver high-quality, evidence-based mental health care and consultation tailored to older persons’ needs.
- Collaborate across disciplines and sectors to facilitate seamless care pathways and improve access to services.
- Support and mentor less experienced staff, students, and clinicians through clinical supervision and education.
- Participate actively in quality improvement, clinical auditing, research, and professional development activities.

**WHAT WILL WE OFFER YOU IN RETURN?**

At BHFLHN, not only will you be working in an environment surrounded by beautiful scenery and nature we see your work here as not just as a job, but an opportunity to extend, progress or consolidate your career with us. We therefore offer you opportunities to be supported in the following ways:

- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year Click here more information
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our free Employee Assistance Program
- Health and Fitness Benefits: Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to BHFLHN staff and th