• Job Description

  Req#: 227497
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Employment Type: Casual
  Position Classification: Registered Nurse
  Remuneration: $33.13 - $46.51 per hour
  Hours Per Week: 38
  Requisition ID: REQ266857
  Location: Cumberland Mental Health Services
  
  
  Where you'll be working
  
  Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) is responsible for providing primary and secondary health care for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, and The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs) and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. We are committed to our vision of 'better health services for the people of western Sydney and beyond' and to the delivery of health care or related services in line with our core values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment.
  Benefits of working for Western Sydney Local Health District
  • Salary Packaging - lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary

  • Meal entertainment lowers your taxable income and increases your take-home pay. (Applicable for eligible employees) http://wslhdintranet.wsahs.nsw.gov.au/salary-packaging-with-smartsalary

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional counselling and coaching service that offers confidential, short-term support for work-related and personal issues, which you and your immediate family can access

  • Managers Support - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) professional consultative service for all managers, HR or senior staff that is confidential and unlimited for people management support
    
    

  • Generous leave conditions in accordance with NSW Health (State) awards

  • Recognition of prior relevant service may be considered toward commencing salary

  • Leave may be transferrable from other public sector agencies in accordance with leave mobility provisions
  
  What you'll be doing
  
  Western Sydney Local Health District Mental Health Services is committed to building a professional workforce that supports consumers with a severe and persistent mental illness on their recovery journey.
  As the member of a multidisciplinary team this role is required to perform mental health triage, comprehensive mental health assessment, psychological and family interventions, and ongoing care co-ordination and discharge planning in collaboration with other services such as inpatient units, police, ambulance, government and non-government agencies, etc. The requirements of this role includes working across a number of mental health campuses including the BDH Melaleuca unit, Bungaribee house, BDH PECC unit, WMH Acute Adolescent Unit AAU (Redbank) and WMH C4a and C4b wards.
  
  The primary purpose of this role is to support the mental health organisations casual workforce incorporating whole person approach and life course approach to people with chronic persistent mental illness and complex psychosocial needs living in Wester Sydney Local Health District Area. This position is to work collaboratively with staff, consumers and other agencies (both within WSLHD and non-government organisations) to promote the effective participation in mental health treatment and recovery. This may include working on quality improvement and service delivery projects as part of the role.
  People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
  Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations. For more information, please visit: http://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/ Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
  Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for casual employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa.
  Essential Criteria:
  Qualification: Relevant tertiary qualifications as a Registered Nurse,
  Registration: Current unrestricted authority to practice as a Registered Nurse with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
  Selection Criteria:
  1. Demonstrated skills in mental health and experience working with people with severe and persistent mental illness.
  2. Demonstrated understanding and ability to work within experience working in a team and/or knowledge of the principles that guide service delivery within this model of practice.
  3. Demonstrated ability to collaborate meaningfully with consumers and carers with a commitment and understanding of recovery principles in mental health service provision.
  4. Demonstrated working knowledge of NSW Mental Health Act,
  5. Demonstrated excellent communication skills including verbal, written, and good interpersonal skills.
  6. Computer competence and literacy including the use of health database systems.
  Need more information?
  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position
  3) For role related queries or questions contact Scott Browning on Scott.Browning@health.nsw.gov.au or 0434 327 784
  
  Applications Close: 14th January 2023
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• About the company

  The New South Wales Ministry of Health, branded NSW Health, is a ministerial department of the New South Wales Government.

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