Manager Forensic Consultation and Assessment Team

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Health Mgr Lvl 4
**Remuneration**: $137,173 - $163,431 p.a plus superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: REQ522872
**Applications Close: Sunday 20th October 2024 11:59pm AEST**

**Position Title**:Manager Forensic Consultation and Assessment Team (HM4) - PFT - Justice Health Olympic Park**

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 this role, we are looking for a health care professional with**:

- Relevant tertiary and postgraduate qualifications in forensic mental health
- Current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, or membership to relevant professional association where registration is not offered.
- Extensive knowledge and demonstrated experience in forensic mental health practice, specifically risk assessment and management of problematic behaviours.
- Strong interpersonal skills and leadership experience.
- Experience with multi-agency liaison and inter-service collaboration.

**The Role**

The Manager Forensic Consultation and Assessment Team (ForCAT) is primarily responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Forensic Consultation and Assessment Team. The ForCAT is one of the three services falling under the remit of NSW Community Forensic Mental Health Services. The ForCAT is a tertiary-level specialist forensic mental health team that provides independent assessment, opinions, recommendations, and support in relation to the care, treatment and management of Forensic Patients in the community across NSW. The ForCAT also provides such assessment, opinions, recommendations and support regarding the treatment and management of NSW civil patients with complex clinical needs, propensity for problematic behaviours, and who cause significant concern about harm to others.

The Manager ForCAT will work in partnership with the Local Health Districts (LHD), Ministry of Health, Mental Health Review Tribunal, and other government and non-government organisations (NGOs) across NSW to ensure evidence based forensic mental health care is delivered.

**Our Team, Location and Service**

**The Justice Health Olympic Park (JHOP) office** is located at 10 Herb Elliot Avenue, Sydney Olympic Park. Designed for inter-departmental communication and collaboration, the office provides large open spaces and an abundance of natural light. An array of restaurants and cafés are a short walk away.
- Public transport is readily available including buses, trains, and ferries. Easy road access is provided via the M4 and Parramatta Road via Homebush Bay Drive. 35 km of bicycle paths surround the site and both bicycle storage and shower amenities are available inside.
- To learn more about careers in our network, please click the links below:_
- Welcome — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_
- Our Locations — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_
- Our Health Services — Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network (nsw.gov.au)_

**Salary & Benefits**

Your salary of **$137,173 - $163,431 p.a plus superannuation**, is just the beginning.

You will have access to a number of benefits:

- Eligibility for Fitness Passport, Salary Packaging, and Novated Leasing options.
- Allocated Days Off (ADOs) and leave loading.
- Genuine training, education, professional development, and career progression.
- Support from an enthusiastic and invested team of managers and colleagues

**Diversity & 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.

**READY TO APPLY?**

The first step is to **submit your resume **and **answers to the following targeted questions**:
1. Provide an example of your leadership skills embedding continuous improvement and experience fostering a positive team environment to achieve successful outcomes for the patient/client, the team and the broader organisation.

2. Discuss and demonstrate where you have had to think flexibly and/or creatively to solve a complex problem at work. How did you approach this problem and what was the outcome?

3. Provide an example where your exceptional leadership skills have improved the culture of your team and enabled diverse and inclusive practices.

**_This is a Targeted Aboriginal Position. Preference will be given to applicants of Abor