Clinical Support

Reference Number
- 62073
- Employment Type
- Part Time Ongoing
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- SECASA
- Location
- SECASA Dandenong
- Position Summary
- Opportunity to shape and develop the clinical education and practice standards
- Key leadership position within SECASA
- Provide strategic leadership on the future of clinical education

**Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful.**

**About Monash Health**

**Our Journey**

The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (SECASA), is a program of Monash Health and has the responsibility in the Southern Region of the Department of Families Fairness and Housing for:

- The provision and development of effective services to victim/survivors and associated people affected by sexual assault and family violence
- The provision and development of effective services for adolescents exhibiting sexually abusive behaviours
- The provision of public education and professional training on sexual assault and anti-violence issues
- Social planning and processes related to reducing societal violence

**A Day in the Life**

In this newly created position, the Grade 4 Clinical Support & Development Lead will be instrumental in continuing to build and foster a culture of excellence in clinical practice across the service. The role will have a leading part to play in ensuring the delivery of evidence based and clinically excellent therapeutic services by managing and planning the overall staff education strategy, identifying relevant professional development opportunities and the strategic leadership of the clinical education program across SECASA.

**What you bring**:

- An ability to work independently within approved scope of practice to provide safe, evidence-based assessment, outcome measures, therapeutic care and/or discharge planning according to organisational policies and procedures in order to achieve optimal care
- Provide high levels of specialist knowledge, advice or guidance to other clinicians to support safe and effective consumer-centred care
- Provide support to SECASA Director in a range of activities including planning, development of strategic direction and policy, developing and mentoring a post graduate framework and provide representation on Monash Health internal committees and broader sexual assault sector representation.
- The Grade 4 will also work in collaboration with Clinical Educator roles across the relevant professions, such as the WISER Unit within Allied Health.
- Work collaboratively with consumers, their families and/or significant others and other stakeholders to establish a patient/client focused multidisciplinary management plan, consistent with currently accepted professional standards of practice and evidenced based practice
- In developing the
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe consumer-focused care, providing high levels of specialist knowledge
- Using high levels of specialist clinical reasoning, lead others to prioritise and fairly distribute workloads in collaboration with the team as required
- Ensure timely and responsive management of fluctuating referrals and waitlists as required, liaising with stakeholders to facilitate seamless healthcare to consumers
- Demonstrated extensive clinical experience working with and responding to complex trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence
- Crisis intervention skills necessary for supporting people who have experienced sexual assault and/or family violence
- Experience working with clients with trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence
- Have worked collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to enhance wellbeing and safety for clients
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and experience in preparing written reports for therapeutic and legal purposes
- Excellent team work, interpersonal and communication skills, including building trust and rapport with colleagues and delivery of commitments

**What you need**:
**Social Work**
- An Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) accredited Bachelor Degree or entry level Master’s Degree of Social Work that provides eligibility for membership of the AASW
- Written evidence of eligibility of AASW membership for overseas qualifications
- Minimum of seven years’ experience as a qualified social worker
- Accredited Social Worker: As approved by the AASW

**_Desirable_**
- Completion of a post-graduate qualification in a relevant field or working towards such a qualification

OR

**Psychology**
- Current general registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) AHPRA
- A minimum of five years’ experience as a generally registered psychologist
- Having or working towards supervisor endorsement with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- Appropriate post-graduate qualifications (Masters or Doctoral Degree) in counselling, clinical or forensic psychology in an Austral