Aftercare Lead Mental Health

**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time (until 30/06/2026)

**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 3

**Location**:Nepean Hospital

**Remuneration**: $61.95 - $70.38 per hour
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ513149

**Application Close**:18/09/2024
- With _**_CORE_**_ Values of _**_C_**_ollaboration, _**_O_**_penness, _**_R_**_espect_ and _**_E_**_mpowerment,_
- working with us will ensure your professional life is _provided_ every opportunity to succeed_
- and develop in your chosen career role._

**About Us**

Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow Region.

The vision for Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is to drive innovation and excellence in health service delivery and provide safe, equitable, high quality, accessible, timely and efficient services that are responsive to the needs of patients and the community. NBMLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

The Aftercare Lead (the Lead) provides District-wide leadership for the integration of aftercare services including The Way Back NSW Aftercare Service in NBMLHD. The Way Back NSW provides community-based assertive psychosocial support for people following a suicide attempt or suicidal crisis who have been referred from an acute care or community mental health setting.

This successful incumbent will lead the coordination of Aftercare services with relevant hospital and community mental health and suicide prevention services to ensure access to aftercare support is available for all people who need it. The role will require you to plan and implement strategies to enhance service visibility for patients/consumers, families and clinicians, coordinate with District teams to ensure the effectiveness of referral pathways, and play a lead role in clinical and operational governance consistent with NSW Health and NBMLHD policies, procedures and standards.

**Benefits **available to **eligible **NBMLHD** employees**
- Accrued Day Off (ADO)
- Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
- Novated Leasing
- Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Fitness Passport

**What you will bring to the role**:

- Tertiary qualifications and/or equivalent work experience relevant to mental health and suicide prevention.
- Proven experience in complex and multi-site project management and change management in a health setting, preferably in mental health and suicide prevention.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with senior health managers, clinical leaders, research partners and other external stakeholders. This includes facilitation and negotiation skills such as the ability to resolve conflicts, manage competing demands and prioritising resources.
- Ability to provide in-depth advice and education to enhance service delivery and to guide and support others in providing service excellence.
- Experience in use of routinely collected clinical information for service improvement, research and/or performance management, including issues related to data governance.
- Highly developed analytical skills and demonstrated ability to interpret, analyse and communicate complex information rapidly and accurately using verbal and written communication.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.

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