Camhs Greater Newcastle Team Leader

**We are looking for a skilled and empathetic to join the newly formed Greater Newcastle CAMHS community team**

**Remuneration**: $130,658 - $147,108 + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Occupational Therapist Lvl 5, Snr Clinical Psychologist, Social Worker Lvl 5, Counsellor Lvl 5
**Hours Per Week**:38
**Requisition ID**:REQ546325
**Closing Date**:19/01/25

**About the role**:
This is an exciting opportunity as the pivotal leader of the newly formed Greater Newcastle CAMHS community team. You will be working within the HNELHD CAMHS leadership team and providing direct operational and clinical leadership of CAMHS staff within the Greater Newcastle sites. This position will be based across 2 sites, 621 Hunter Street Newcastle & 1A Dudley Road Charlestown.
You will be working in collaboration with the CAMHS Service manager, Clinical Director, Clinical Coordinator and other site-based leaders to provide operational management and clinical leadership of CAMHS staff located in various site across Greater Newcastle. Your role will oversee the provision of timely and safe care and treatment to young people and their families accessing specialist mental health intervention. You will be leading a team of multidisciplinary professionals and hold accountability for operational functioning and staff wellbeing.

**If this sounds like you, we would love to see you apply**
We are looking for a skilled and empathetic leader who is able to use critical reflection skills for learning and improvement to ensure the delivery of safe, reliable and timely care. You will be able to demonstrate extensive relevant clinical experience within a specialist mental health setting. Importantly you will be someone who is able to support and influence the team during periods of change. This role requires the capacity to confidently work within complexity and understand clinical and operational governance systems.

**What we can offer you**:**
At Hunter New England Health enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Monthly Allocated Days Off (for full-time employees)
- 4 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part time employees)
- Paid parental leave (for eligible employees) - giving you the opportunity for true Worklife balance
- Salary packaging options - up to $11,600 plus novated leasing
- Fitness Passport for health and well-being - discounted gym options for you and your family
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

**Where you will be working**:
CAMHS is a specialist mental health service that assesses and treats young people 0 - 17 years of age and their families/carers who are living in the HNE Local Health District (LHD). Young people and their families referred to the service have complex and severe mental health problems that significantly impact on most aspects of their functioning and development.

You will be a valued member of the HNELHD CAMHS Leadership team and will have structured routine points of connection as part of the CAMHS organisational structure. The position will report directly to the CAMHS Service Manager and will be supported by a number of key multidisciplinary leadership team members. You will also be linked to your professional practice network and will receive professional supervision as well as structured CAMHS specific education, training & professional development opportunities.

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**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.

**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 with the requirements outlined in the policy.