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• Provide intensive, developmentally appropriate, community centred mental health interventions and ongoing assessment for adolescents who require higher intensity services.

• Temporary Full-time opportunity for 6 months

• Located at Goodna

Job details

About the role

The Clinical Nurse Consultant, Assertive Mobile Youth Outreach Service (AMYOS) will provide collaborative system-based care to high risk and difficult to engage adolescents (13-18 years). The role will provide intensive, developmentally-appropriate, community-centred, mental health interventions and ongoing assessment for adolescents who require higher intensity services including risk assessment; crisis management; safety planning treatment; rehabilitation and support to recover from mental illness.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the following:

• Demonstrated high level of knowledge, expertise, and skill in the provision of clinical services for adolescents with complex presentations who have high risk needs and are difficult to engage within a standard child and youth mental health service setting.
• Demonstrated high level of organisational, communication, problem solving and interpersonal skills and ability to apply these to contribute to innovation and change within the service unit (AMYOS) to support service delivery and improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clinical services in a specialist area of clinical practice with a high degree of independence and capacity to adapt or modify practice to meet complex and high intensity consumer and carer needs.
• Demonstrated ability to initiate, monitor and evaluate service unit initiatives and provide a high level of clinical supervision and advice to Unit and service managers within a specialised area of practice (AMYOS).

Mandatory Requirements:

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, certain vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) as outlined in the Health Employment Directive NO. 01/16

About West Moreton Health

West Moreton Health is one of the most rapidly evolving health services in the south east corner, with a community growth expected to almost double to more than 588,000 by 2036. Our vision is for a robust hospital and health service that includes fit-for-purpose spaces, interconnected buildings, multi-disciplinary health services, research, education and community partnerships.

To read more on how West Moreton Health are committed to transforming and optimising our care, to meet the health care needs of our growing and diverse community –  Follow this link  

Benefits

• 17.5% annual leave loading (Additional allowances/entitlements may apply)
• 12.75 % employer contribution to superannuation
• Professional development
• Salary sacrificing options
• Wellness programs
• Employee Assistance Service (EAS).

To apply

Further information regarding this role please download and read the attached Role Description and Information Packages. You will need to submit your Cover Letter, CV or Resume including the names and contact details of two referees and a short response (maximum 1-2 pages) on how your experience, abilities, knowledge and personal qualities are relevant to the role.

Applications to remain current for a period of 12 months and may be used to fill a similar vacancy.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for all West Moreton Health vacancies.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• WM637177_05 Clinical Nurse Consultant AMYOS RD (PDF, 195KB)
  Role Description
  
  Joining the West Moreton Health Community (PDF, 301KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  WMH Leadership Standards (PDF, 241KB)
  Information Package for Applicants