Triage & Access Team Leader

**Team Leader Access and Triage Team**
**80 hours a fortnight with a monthly ADO**

**About Grampians Health**

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

**About the role**

The Team Leader role is the pivotal link between the senior leadership team and the Access and Triage Team and is expected to provide high level operational leadership and ensure the service provides a high quality and accessible service. The Team Leader works positively towards future developments from within Grampians Health and implementation of recommendations from the Mental Health Royal Commission.

This role provides operational oversight of the Access and Triage, Acute Response and ED Mental Health Clinicians within one team.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Manage and coordinate daily operational requirements
- Provide leadership as part of GMHWS Leadership team
- Provide high level clinical advice and direction in relation to day to day provision of triage, assessment and treatment services
- Leading and supporting change

**Skills and experience**
- Strong leadership skills.
- Substantial mental health clinical experience in a range of settings and across the lifespan
- Passion and commitment to delivering accessible, compassionate, person-centred and recovery-focused services

**Grampians Health Culture & Benefits**

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Discounted on-site parking
- Access to discounted health club membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**Ballarat Region**
- Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes.

**How to apply**
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- **APPLY** or contact Tina Winzar, Deputy Operations Director, on 0429 027 856 for a confidential discussion.

This position is paid in accordance with the Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement. The classification is Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 5 (NP51) which is $61.42 per hour

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.
- Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people._