Clinical Lead

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time

**Position Classification**: Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist Level 4, Senior Psychologist, Social Worker Level 4, Clinical Nurse Consultant Grade 2

**Remuneration**: Dependent on Qualifications

**Hours Per Week**: 38

**Requisition ID**: REQ425524

**Location**: Cumberland Hospital

**Where you'll be working**
Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of 'better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond' and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.

**What you'll be doing**

The Clinical Lead, in collaboration with the Operations Manager PCYMHS, will provide expert operational leadership and supervision of the Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Team (‘Safeguards Team’). The position will also provide expert clinical support to the team under the leadership of the Safeguards psychiatrist.
The Safeguards Team is a new dedicated PCYMHS resource designed to provide innovative and best practice care to children and adolescents aged 0 -17 years, experiencing acute mental health distress. This team is a community based and provides rapid, mobile, and flexible care to resolve mental health crisis, including assertive outreach, care coordination and time limited therapeutic interventions. This team operates 7 days/week with extended hours on weekdays, and will respond to young people in their schools, homes and communities and in hospital -based setting (EDs/Wards), through face to face, phone telehealth appointments.
The Clinical Lead, in partnership with the Operations Manager PCYMHS, is responsible for the operational management of the Safeguards team. They are responsible for liaising and providing consultation to staff and managers of other mental and general health teams and relevant external agencies. The Clinical Lead is responsible for ensuring the Safeguards staff comply with professional and organisational obligations in relation to policies and procedures, risk management, and notifications in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.

The Clinical Lead will maintain a clinical load or may be required to provide an expert specialty consultancy role in their area of expertise.
- People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard._

**_Please note:_**_ To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency._

**Essential Criteria**:
Qualification: Tertiary qualification in a clinical health field of Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, and Occupational Therapy.
A registered nurse/midwife appointed as such to a position approved by the public hospital or public health organisation, who has at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in the specialty field. In addition, the employee must have approved postgraduate nursing/midwifery qualifications in mental health child and adolescent care or such other qualifications or experience deemed appropriate by the organisation.

Registration: Current Registration as a Registered Nurse / Midwife (Division 1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Tertiary qualifications, professional registration/membership: - Nursing: Registered Nurse with at least 5 years full time equivalent post registration experience, with at least 3 years full time equivalent experience in the specialty field. - Occupational Therapy: bachelor’s degree & general registration with AHPRA & extensive specialist knowledge or a high level of broad generalist knowledge. - Social Work: bachelor’s degree & eligibility for membership of AASW, & extensive specialist knowledge or a high level of broad generalist knowledge - Senior Psychologist: 4-year degree in psychology, being a 3-year degree with 4th-year honours in psychology; or qualifications deemed equivalent by the employer, full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia & 9 years' experience. - Clinical Psychology: master's degree or higher in clinical psychology & full registration as a psychologist & endorsement to practice as a clinical psychologist with AHPRA.
- Extensive experience as a clinician in child and youth mental health, providing assessment and evidence-based therapeutic interventions to children and young people experiencing mental health problems, including acute care.
- Demonstrated capacity in leading a multidisciplinar