Aboriginal Mental Health Clinician Level 5

**Employment Type**:Permanent Full Time
**Location**: Awabakal Country
**Position Classification**:Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Counsellor Lvl 5, Dietitian Lvl 5, Occupational Therapist Lvl 5, Social Worker Lvl 5, Counsellor Lvl 5, Dietitian Lvl 5, OT Lvl 5, SW Lvl 5
**Remuneration**: $105,553 - $130,582.09 per annum + superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**:REQ527656
**Applications Close**: 6th November 2024

**This is a position identified for Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people on the basis of a genuine occupational qualification under section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977. Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants must demonstrate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status in addition to addressing the selection criteria.**

In 2024 Hunter New England Local Health District will be opening baiyangbaiyaang Awabakal translation for “Butterfly the one who flutters” a statewide, comprehensive eating disorder treatment service comprising of a residential eating disorders centre (REDC) located in Charlestown and an Eating Disorder Day Program (EDDP) located in Newcastle.

**About the Role**
The Senior Aboriginal Mental Health & Social Emotional Wellbeing Clinician will be a member of the senior clinical care coordination team who will work closely with the manager to provide leadership and governance. The role will ensure cultural sensitivity, traditional healing methodology and connectedness to country are incorporated into service development and delivery. This will include:

- Comprehensive and collaborative direct client care including delivering traditional healing activities and culturally sensitive, recovery-oriented wellbeing care plans for people with eating disorders.
- Designing, delivering and evaluating cultural healing and interventions for people with eating disorders
- Collaborating with relevant Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations, Elders Groups and Aboriginal community members across NSW to facilitate appropriate care pathways for Aboriginal people with eating disorders and their carers/families.
- Motivate and engage non-Aboriginal staff to embrace change and undertake traditional healing initiatives
- Providing support and supervision to less experienced baiyanbaiyaang staff and consultation/engagement with broader HNE MH Aboriginal workforce.

**The Support**

**Where you'll be working**
This 12 bed, brand new, purpose
- built facility will provide an innovative model of care for people 16 years and over, with an eating disorder in a homelike environment. A skilled multidisciplinary team will provide an intensive program of individual and group interventions, using a rehabilitation framework. Interventions will focus on specialist treatment for eating disorders together with addressing psychosocial disruption and overall quality of life.
About EDDP: This service offers a group therapy program 4 days per week and is designed as an adjunct to ongoing care. Clients benefit from meal support at breakfast, morning tea and lunch as well as education and skills-based groups supporting clients to tackle challenges and build a life worth living.

baiyangbaiyaang, a statewide service, will be required to operate in conjunction with existing specialised tertiary services, with a broad range of stakeholders, both in public and private sectors. Operationally it will sit within Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD).

**About You**
This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior Aboriginal Mental Health & Social Emotional Wellbeing Clinician, has extensive experience working with people with an eating disorder and/or with complex mental health disorder has a passion for being an integral member of a dynamic multidisciplinary team in the development of a new and innovative service model.
You will be:

- Experienced and competent in the treatment of eating disorders with exceptional interpersonal skills and a flexible approach.
- As a team member, able to display warmth and compassion for others.
- Passionate about improving services for people with an eating disorder.
- Confident in delivering culturally sensitive healing alongside specialist patient centred and family inclusive clinical advice and care and able to establish this within the treatment setting

**Additional Information**
- An eligibility list will be created for future permanent full or part time and temporary full or part time vacancies.
- We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.

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**Information for Applicants**:
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply