Team Leader - LNS OIder Person's Mental Health Service

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Team Leader - LNS OIder Person's Mental Health Service. Terms and conditions vacancy

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time for a period of  up to 11 August 2019
Position Classification: Health Clinician Level 4
Remuneration: Dependent on qualifications
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ37131

The position is a  temporary full time appointment within a dynamic and exciting team at Royal North Shore Hospital, in the Older Person's Mental Health Service.

Where you'll be working

Northern Sydney’s vision is to be "leaders in healthcare, partners in community wellbeing". Our purpose is “embracing discovery and learning, building partnerships and engaging our community to deliver excellent health and wellbeing.”

 
We build teams and health services that embrace our values; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment (CORE). Our CORE values and the behaviours that underpin them, shape the way we work together, with our patients and consumers, to deliver excellent health and wellbeing. If you’d like to be part of our journey we want to hear from you.

NSLHD is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, Workforce Health and Safety, Ethical Practices and the principles of Cultural Diversity. Aboriginal people are encouraged to apply and, where found suitable, will be given higher priority.
 
What you'll be doing

The team leader provides specialist clinical leadership to the Older Person's Mental Health Service at Royal North Shore Hospital   The team provides services to  consumers with complex care needs living in the community. The position is responsible for planning & implementation of appropriate intervention to community consumers -  with a focus on recovery.
 
The Older Persons Mental Health Service  is committed to providing appropriate assessment and interventions, assisting the service to provide a timely access to services. The acuity and complexity in community care provides a challenging and exciting workload.

Professional Development and continued learning opportunities are strongly encouraged and supported within the RNS Aged Care Service.
 
Employees must abide by the NSW Health Code of Conduct. Criminal record checks will be undertaken on successful applicants and applicants for positions designated as Category A will be required to obtain required vaccinations prior to commencing employment.

Candidates will need to meet the following criteria:          

• Consistently demonstrates behaviours that reinforce the CORE Values of our organisation; Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment. Demonstrates these behaviours with all stakeholders; colleagues, direct reports, as well as our patients and consumers, and those that care for them.
• Recognised qualifications in health related discipline ie Social Work, Registered Nurse List A, Psychologist, Occupational Therapy with eligibility for registration/ association with appropriate professional boards/ bodies and a relevant post graduate qualification.
• Extensive experience working a community mental health team and/ or aged care service.
• Demonstrated timely high level of written and verbal communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills to work corroboratively and autonomously to foster and enhance positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated successful management of financial and organisational resources with good computer skills (Microsoft Office)
• Proven organisational skills and ability to manage change in a positive manner, with excellent negotiation skills and the ability to deal with conflict situations.
• Experience in clinical practice improvement, safety improvement programs and risk management strategies.
• Current NSW Drivers Licence

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For role related queries or questions contact Kareene Doyle on 9462 9371 or [email protected]

Applications Close: 1 August 2018