Safeguards Regional Clinician

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**:OT3, SW3, Psychologist, CNS2**
**Remuneration**: dependent on classification plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ572217

**Applications close**: Wednesday 21 May 2025 at 11:59pm AEST

**Position Title**:Safeguards Regional Clinician - (OT3/SW3/Psychologist, CNS2) - Wagga Wagga Justice Health - PFT**

If you are passionate about delivering healthcare with the greatest impact, then come and join us at the Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (JHFMHN). We are **_Just the Place_** to grow your career and be part of a valued team delivering care where it's needed most

We are a challenging yet rewarding place to take your career even further. With industry-leading safety standards, you can focus on doing your best work alongside skilled colleagues while gaining job training to progress your career. For more information, please see links below:
About Justice Health NSW | NSW Government

Work with Justice Health NSW | NSW Government

**The Role**

To provide a responsive community based assessment and intervention service for young people with complex mental health needs in contact with the criminal justice system and their families. Providing mental health assessment, intervention and care coordination by incorporating discipline specific recommendations to the identification and formulation for young people and their families who are experiencing crisis or mental health complexity.

The Safeguard Service team which is community based and will provide rapid, mobile, intensive and flexible short term delivery of skilled evidence based interventions to improve outcomes for young people in contact with the criminal justice system.

**Essential Requirements**:

- **Occupational Therapist**: bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in occupational therapy and hold general registration with Occupational Therapy Board of Australia under Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
- **Social Worker**: bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in social work and hold professional membership or be eligible for full membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
- **Psychologist**: Minimum of a four-year sequence of accredited undergraduate study in the discipline of psychology and hold general registration with Psychology Board of Australia under Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). Highly desirable is approval or eligibility for approval as a Psychology Board of Australia Supervisor.
- **Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 (CNS2)**: Current authority to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia. Three years full-time clinical experience working in the related specialty field and post graduate qualifications in the specialty.
- Note: To be appointed as a Level 3 Health Professional, evidence must be provided of three years' clinical experience and demonstrated experience of extensive specialist knowledge or a high level of broad generalist knowledge within the discipline as defined by the award definitions of a Level 3 practitioner._

**Salary and Benefits**

Your annual salary plus superannuation is just the beginning. You will also have access to a number of benefits:

- Additional allowances and salary packaging options.
- Fitness Passport (if eligible).
- Genuine career progression and skill-set development.
- Support from an enthusiastic and invested team of managers and colleagues.

**Diversity and Inclusivity**

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We employ all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, culturally and linguistically diverse groups, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans, refugees and people with disability.
- **_This is also a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal descent. Exemption is claimed under Section 21 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977_**

**_READY TO APPLY?_**
- The first step is to submit your resume and answers to the following targeted questions:
1. Describe a situation where you effectively utilise negotiation and influencing skills to secure resources from multi-disciplinary teams for the benefit of patient outcomes. Please outline the strategies you employed, and how you ensured successful collaboration, and identify the key factors that contributed to your success.
- 2. Please share a specific example that highlights your proficiency in delivering high quality mental health care to vulnerable populations. How did you tailor your approach to meet the unique needs of these individuals, and what outcomes did you achieve as a result?
- 3. Please provide an example of a time when you had to navigate challenging ethical or legal considerations in your clinical practice. How did you approach and resolve these challenges?

Need more information?

**Applications Close: Wednesday 21 May 2025 at 11:59pm AEST