Mental Health Clinician Care Coordination Team

**Employment Type: Permanent Full Time**
**Position Classification: Health Clinician Lvl 1**
**Remuneration: $70,944 - $82,899**
**Hours Per Week: 38**
**Requisition ID: REQ460547**

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**Position Title: Mental Health Clinician Care Coordination Team**

**Location: Gosford Hospital**

**An Eligibility List (E-List) or talent pool may be created from this recruitment episode ton assist in filling future permanent, temporary, or casual full-time and part-time positions.**

**About The Role**

The position within the Central Coast Mental Health Service (CCMHS) holds a pivotal role in the Adult Non-Acute Community Mental Health Teams, focusing on delivering essential services. Responsibilities encompass clinical care, including non-acute assessment and care planning for individuals with mental health issues. Collaboration with local general practitioners and other service providers is integral to developing sustainable support networks and fostering positive mental health outcomes for clients. Additionally, the role involves providing education, cultural expertise, and guidance for care planning, ensuring that adult non-acute community mental health services prioritize culturally appropriate and sensitive mental health care for clients accessing mainstream services.

**Key Accountabilities**
- **Quality Improvement and Customer Service**:
o Participate in quality improvement activities and provide high-level customer service to patients, staff, and other stakeholders.
- **Commitment to Vision and Values**:
o Demonstrate commitment to the Caring for the Coast vision, goals, and strategies, aligning behaviours with NSW Health CORE values and CCLHD Values and Behaviours Charter.
- **Holistic Client Care and Collaboration**:
o Manage an allocated case load, working with individuals, families, and the community to promote health and reduce illness risk.

o Collaborate with internal and external services to facilitate positive client outcomes, offering cultural liaison support where needed.

o Support clients in accessing services and educate carer/family supports, maintaining accurate clinical documentation and confidentiality.

**About You**
- Minimum Tertiary Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy or Counselling or Community Welfare or Social Work or Nursing, OR qualification as Aboriginal Health Practitioner (where qualification provides eligibility for professional membership of the relevant professional body e.g. AASW) plus general registration with AHPRA (where applicable).
- Demonstrated experience in the delivery of mental health care effectively and efficiently in a range of mental health settings, including a high level of interpersonal skills, communication skills, computer literacy with demonstrated experience in working in collaboration and partnership with multiple agencies in order to deliver holistic care.
- Knowledge of and demonstrated skill in providing culturally appropriate mental health assessment, treatment, support and advocacy; and knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal culture and the social and emotional issues experience by Aboriginal people.

**_This role is suitable for the following:_**_ - Occupational Therapist Lvl 1 - Occupational Therapist Lvl 2 - Social Worker Lvl 1 - Social Worker Lvl 2 - Counsellor Lvl 1 - Counsellor - Registered Nurse - Aboriginal Hlth Worker - Welfare Off Lvl 1 - Welfare Off Lvl 2 - Welfare Off Lvl 3_

**Where You’ll Be Working**

As the leading healthcare provider in the region, Central Coast Local Health District is well known for its dedication to high quality patient care and community services. CCLHD provides the community of the Central Coast with a caring environment dedicated to improving the patient journey.

As an employer we offer our staff competitive benefits such as salary packaging, a monthly day off, paid maternity and parental leave, flexible work arrangements and professional development programs.

**Why Work at CCLHD**:

- Full-time employees receive an Additional Day Off (ADO) through our ADO policy & 17.5% leave loading.
- Full Salary Packaging services are provided - which means you save more tax.
- Discounted Fitness Passport to balance your wellbeing and Social Club.
- Supportive and collaborative work environment.
- Access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources.

**Child Safe Standard Commitment**

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**O**ur commitment to Diversity and Inclusion - this is mandatory for ALL advertising**

At Central Coast Local Health District, we are committed to creating a diverse, and inclusive environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

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**Please note that all NSW Health workers are now required to have received 2 doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine or have an approved medical contraindication certificate.