Mental Health Clinical Liaison CNC

**About Northern Beaches Hospital**

Northern Beaches Hospital offers world-class, Level 5 delineation services catering to both public and private patients. With 488 beds, a 50-bed Emergency Department, a 20-bed general and cardiothoracic ICU, 14 state-of-the-art theatres including cardiac catheter labs, a world-class education center, doctors' lounge, and excellent staff facilities including a café and car parking, NBH provides an exceptional environment for healthcare professionals to excel.

From cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery to maternity services and emergency care, Northern Beaches Hospital offers a diverse range of services that facilitate career growth in various healthcare fields. We take pride in attracting some of Australia’s leading clinical specialists and in serving as a training ground for the clinicians of the future. Our partnerships with esteemed tertiary education institutions, including the Northern Beaches Clinical School in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University, ensure a rich learning environment for staff.

Northern Beaches Hospital provides staff with opportunities to gain unique experience in a growing teaching hospital. Our culture is characterized by diversity, friendliness, and openness to new ideas.

**About the Role**

The Mental Health Clinical Liaison Clinical Nurse Consultant (CL CNC) position acts as a central point of mental health expertise for Northern Beaches Hospital. The CL CNC triages and conducts timely mental health assessments, collaborates and coordinates care with multiple parties, provides role modelling, training and ensures operational excellence by assisting the Northern Beaches Hospital in meeting local and state KPI’s.

As CL CNC you will make an impact by providing a service for people experiencing mental health problems who present to the emergency department and inpatient units of the Northern Beaches Hospital, ensuring evidence based, high quality recovery focused care in accordance with relevant legislation, organizational policies and procedures and professional standards of practice.

Treatment and care follows the principles of patient-centred care and implementing a contemporary recovery model of care across the Mental Health Service with active involvement from family and carers, an unrestrictive, safe environment, multidisciplinary approach to interventions, with holistic and self-care where possible and ongoing support through community services.

This position is based in a large, friendly and supportive environment. It is a 24/7 service and so you will need to have the flexibility to work a full rotating roster.

Key responsibilities:

- Provide a more complex and expansive clinical consultancy service within a mixed clinical environment
- Provide leadership in state, national and or international Mental Health nursing and or specialist clinical groups.
- Plan care/service based on assessment findings, with patient input, identify priorities and evaluate against established goals
- ensure the delivery of excellent patient and family centred care in a team focused environment
- Act as a role model and mentor to junior staff
- Assist in the orientation of new staff if required

**Qualifications for success**:

- Current Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
- Bachelor of Science (Nursing) or equivalent or other relevant qualification
- Nurse with a minimum of 5 years full time post graduate experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in mental health nursing. In addition, an approved post graduate qualification relevant to mental health nursing in which the employee is appointed or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the employer.
- Experience managing all aspects of a Mental Health service.

**Employee Benefits**:
Our OneHealthscope rewards program gives you access to a range of wellness benefits, discounted Healthscope services for you and your family, salary packaging and more as well as discounted onsite parking at Northern Beaches Hospital and access to Fitness Passport
- Wellness benefits, Employee Assistance Program, free services including medical examination of employees and discounted Healthscope services for permanent employees and immediate family.
- OneHealthscope rewards program.
- Variety of leave options, salary packaging, airline/club membership.