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Employment Type: Temporary Full Time until 10/02/2022, 38 hours per week

Location: Ingleburn Mental Health
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2
Remuneration: $1,936.60 - $2,000.20 per week
Requisition ID: REQ211356
Application Close Date: 14/02/2021

Are you a forward thinking, enthusiastic and authentic individual dedicated to high quality and better value patient care?

About The Opportunity
The Out of Home Care/Whole Family Team is a district wide, Tier 4 specialist service, that provides therapeutic interventions for children and young people in out of home care, as well as for families where a Risk of Significant Harm (ROSH) has been made for one of the children and where there is a mental health and/or drug health issue in one or both of the parents. Specialist, tertiary level assessment and evidence based, family and individual, trauma informed therapeutic interventions are provided by the multidisciplinary team, as well as high level consultation to DCJ and other external agencies involved where there are significant child protection matters for a family.

This is an exciting role that is district wide but based in Ingleburn, which provides outreach/inreach and clinic based appointments, that is targeted at innovative and dedicated clinicians who will be working with vulnerable children in out of home care, and, families where there is a risk of family breakdown due to significant child protection matters on a background of complex mental health/trauma/drug and alcohol issues. There is professional development and clinical supervision provided and an expectation that the appropriate applicant will possess knowledge in attachment theory and an ability to provide high quality mental health interventions. The clinician will have opportunities to participate in research and quality improvement.

Life at South Western Sydney Local Health District is rewarding, progressive and diverse and is always focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, Healthier Communities.

Where You'll Be Working
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background and people with a disability to apply.
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.

Salary Packaging

Workplace Giving Program

What you'll be doing

The Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 will provide safe, compassionate, quality, person centred specialist care and work in collaboration with patients/families/carers and a multidisciplinary team to achieve identified goals and outcomes.

South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is focused on achieving our Vision of Leading Care, healthier communities.

All staff are expected to act as an appropriate and effective role model, promoting a culture that supports practices that reflect the NSW Health CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment through demonstrated behaviors and interactions with patients, clients and employees.

The vision of SWSLHD Nursing and Midwifery Service is Compassionate Nursing and Midwifery Care Always, through leading effective workplace cultures that improve the patient experience.