52992, several - 02HBL

Closes: 12 May 2024

Classification: Health Professional Level 2
Salary: $70,679 - $97,028 plus superannuation
Position No: 52992, several - 02HBL
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 18 April 2024
Contact Officer: David Warren on David.Warren@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 5401

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What can we offer you:

• City living without the traffic – click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Access to annual professional development funding of up to 2% of annual salary after 12 months of service.
• A supportive learning environment with fully funded board approved internal supervision provided for all team members.
• Possible flexible working conditions with negotiable working hours according to your availability, including support for you to reduce from full time to part time hours.
• Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

About the Role:

Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity to be a Social Worker, a Psychologist, or an Occupational Therapist, with Canberra Health Services? Then this is the position for you!

These are full-time positions working Monday to Friday within the Allied Health team and will provide services to the Adult Mental Health Unit, Ward 12B, Mental Health Short Stay Unit, and to any mental health surge wards that open at Canberra Hospital.

The Allied Health team is made up of a diverse group of allied health professions that work together to support the recovery goals of consumers admitted to any of the Allied Health Adult Mental Health Inpatient facilities.

The successful applicant of the Psychologist and Social Work position is responsible for conducting skilled clinical assessments and delivering individual and group based psychological interventions to people.

The successful applicant of the Occupational Therapy position is responsible for conducting skilled clinical assessments and delivering individual and group based Occupational Therapy interventions to people and facilitate parts of the Therapeutic Group Program.

The successful applicants will be required to undertake professional development and clinical supervision, participate in quality initiatives, and contribute to multidisciplinary team processes. It is an expectation that the successful applicants will provide supervision to staff at the Health Professional 1 level as well as to students and clinically related staff (such as Allied Health Assistants).

For more information regarding the position for Social Work click here for the Position Description.

For more information regarding the position for Psychology click here for the Position Description.

For more information regarding the position for Occupational Therapy click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

• Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required.

For more information on this position and how to apply “click here”

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services