Mental Health Clinician

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**POSITION TITLE **Mental Health Clinician
Mental Health Nurses _ AASW Social Workers
**REPORTS TO **Mental Health Team Leader **DIRECT REPORTS **N/A
**(TITLE) **QLD **(TITLE)**
**LOCATION **HealthWISE Ipswich

**CLASSIFICATION **Health Professional Level I to II dependent on experience

The HealthWISE Enterprise Agreement 2021

**COMPANY DESCRIPTION**
**Vision - **Healthy Communities

**Purpose - **Creating better health for our communities

HealthWISE provides primary health care programs and clinical services across the New England
North West area of NSW and an increasing range of services and programs in the Darling Downs
West Moreton and Goondiwindi regions. HealthWISE has been delivering federally funded primary
health and social services for over 13 years. We are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to
creating healthy communities.
By employing skilled and experienced local healthcare providers and a dedicated support team,
we provide efficient and effective programs that improve access, increase awareness, decrease
cost, empower communities and foster long term health.
HealthWISE is a flexible and inclusive organisation and is dedicated to providing a welcoming and
culturally appropriate environment for everyone and promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion
of all children.
- The Mental Health Clinician will work in partnership with Lived Experience staff to deliver

coordinated clinical care services to people experiencing moderate to severe and complex
mental illness currently being managed in the primary care setting via a General
Practitioner (GP) and/or a Psychiatrist.
- Provide Interventions across the life span including psychological therapies for people

with mild to moderate conditions through to clinical care coordination for people with
chronic and complex mental health conditions
- Provide counselling and support for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people for issues

including intergenerational grief, trauma and family relationship counselling; provide
adequate social and emotional support and advocacy to ATSI Clients;
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- The Mental Health Clinician is required to work as part of the HealthWISE Mental Health

Team and add value to all activities and services of HealthWISE.The Mental Health Clinician will:
services compliant with Australian Health Practitioner Health regulation Agency (AHPRA)
Relevant professional body Australian College of Mental Health Nurses/ Australian
Association of Social Workers.
- Provide evidence-based intervention (e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy) to people across

the lifespan including children with moderate to severe mental illness who can be
appropriately managed in the primary care setting as part of their overall treatment.
- Offer the right frequency and volume of services to meet the needs of people with severe

mental illness (e.g. the right number of occasions of service at the right time).
- Promote recovery, and align with the National Framework for Recovery Oriented Mental

Health Services 2013 where relevant.
- Coordinate with other health and support services already provided to people with

moderate to severe mental illness and complex needs.
- Demonstrate understanding and knowledge of / or experience in delivering services via

Telehealth as related to this role.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Provide person-centred, culturally appropriate, holistic and recovery-oriented coordinated

care.
- Focus on collaboration, integrated and coordinated care.
- Aim to use all available resources (phone, telehealth options, home visits etc) to facilitate

early intervention, flexibility and timely service response.
- Provide evidence-based intervention to people with moderate to severe and complex

mental illness.
- Collaborate with Lived Experience workers and other relevant services to support

integration (including Stepped Care framework) to improve people’s experience of care and
overall mental health and wellbeing.
- Promote cultural awareness and competence within the HealthWISE team and in

interactions with consumers, stakeholders and communities.
- Promote the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

**WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY**
While at work, a worker must:
a) take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety, and
b) take reasonable care that his or her acts or omissions do not adversely affect the health and

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c) safety of other persons, and
d) comply, so far as the worker is reasonably able, with any reasonable instruction that is given
by the person conducting the business or undertaking to allow the person to comply with the
WH&S Act 2011, and
e) co-operate with any reasonable policy or procedure of the person conducting the business
or undertaking relating to health or safety at the workplace that has been notified to workers

**ROLE CRITERIA**
*ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE
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Mental Health Clinician AHPRA /ASSW membership.Experience working in the-Demo