Community Mental Health Specialist

**Job no**: 888596
**Work type**: Part time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Southern
**Categories**: Allied and Scientific Health, Mental Health, Nursing/Midwifery
- Southern Adelaide Local Health Network - Noarlunga Hospital - Mental Health
- **Clinical Nurse/Midwife RN/M2C **| Salary $84,870 - $107,279 (Pro Rata)
- **Social Worker AHP2 **| Salary $88,255 - $102,240 (Pro Rata)
- **Clinical Psychologist** **AHP2 **| Salary $88,255 - $102,240 (Pro Rata)
- **Occupational Therapist **AHP2 **| Salary $88,255 - $102,240 (Pro Rata)
- Term appointment up to 12 months - Part time, up to 27.74 hours per week

**Join our Community Mental Health Team**

At SA Health, we are committed to providing exceptional healthcare services to the people of South Australia. Our dedicated team of professionals work collaboratively to ensure the highest standards of care and support for our patients and their families.

**About the role**:
Reporting to the Team Manager, this role you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality mental health services to individuals within the community setting. Your compassionate approach and clinical expertise will be instrumental in supporting patients on their journey towards recovery and improved well-being.
Duties for the role will include:

- Implementing the Treatment and Care Plan developed by the multidisciplinary team and the consumer.
- Accountable to the Senior Clinical Psychologist and Principal Clinical Psychologist for their professional practice and to act within their own scope of practice and legal frameworks.
- Working collaboratively with consumers and families/carers and may liaise closely with a network of government and non-government organisations with the aim of maximising wellbeing, assisting stabilisation of mental health, rehabilitation, and building functional capacity for self-management.

This is a term vacancy for 12 months, with the potential of extension, including ongoing appointment, at the end of that period.

**About you**:

- Comprehensive assessment skills (including risk) to inform case conceptualisation and a treatment plan.
- Ability to implement and evaluate appropriate interventions.
- Ability to work collaboratively with all key stake holder to design individual service plans and coordinate comprehensive service provision including rehabilitation programs from a psychosocial perspective, for consumers who have enduring and complex needs

This is a single vacancy, with multiple possible appointment classifications. Any successful applicant(s) will be appointed to the role and classification most suitable for their skills, experience and qualifications. Please see the attached Role Descriptions for more information.

**Application Closing Date**:11.55 pm Monday 16 December 2024

**Attachments**:

- 888596 - AHP2 Allied Health - Occupational Therapist
- Role Description
- 888596 - AHP2 Clinical Psychologist - Role Description
- 888596 - AHP2 Social Worker - Mood Stream - Role Description
- 888596 - RN2C Clinical Nurse Specialist Community Mental Health Services Role Description
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- International applicant guidelines

**Applicant Information**:

- We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
- SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref**:888596**

**Advertised**: 02 Dec 2024 Cen. Australia Daylight Time
**Applications close**: 16 Dec 2024 Cen. Australia Daylight Time