55817-02N20

Closes: 15 June 2025

Classification: Health Professional Level 4
Salary: $125,344 - $139,120 plus superannuation
Position No: 55817-02N20
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 10 June 2025
Contact Officer: Anna McLeod on Anna.McLeod@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 2712

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What can we offer you: 

• Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
• Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
• Flexible working conditions.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to discounted gym membership.
• Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
• Onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.

About the Role:

Women, Youth and Children Community Health Programs delivers a range of health care community-based services to women, children, young people and families. These services include support, education and information; counselling, assessment and screening; early identification and referral; and the delivery of public health programs. Services are delivered within a multidisciplinary context if not by a multidisciplinary team.

The Enhanced Health Services (EHS) include the Early Family Support Service (EFSS), Enhanced Child Health Service (ECHS), Developmental Paediatric and Child Protection Medical Service (DPCPMS), and Women’s Health Service (WHS).

Child and Family Counselling Team

Health professionals in the Child and Family Counselling Team within the ECHS provide therapeutic psychosocial and counselling interventions to children, young people, and families relating to experiences of abuse and trauma. Interventions may include short- or medium-term counselling, group work and service linkage to support identified consumer goals. Health Professionals across EHS participate in the delivery of training and education programs to CHS staff and external stakeholders and consumers.

As Clinical Lead you will provide clinical leadership, clinical supervision, and guidance to a team of Health Professionals. You will provide expert clinical interventions for highly complex and sensitive presentations and work collaboratively with team members to achieve enhanced health outcomes with a focus on safety. You will work in collaboration with clinical leads, health professionals and managers to support and embed a model of holistic multidisciplinary care.

This is a rewarding and exciting position within a vibrant service that is suitable for a dynamic, flexible, and highly skilled Health Professional, with strong leadership, who is committed to the delivery of high quality, trauma informed, and holistic care, to women, children, young people, and families.

Please note this position may be filled on the basis of written application alone. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the contact officer to discuss this role further.

For more information regarding the position duties 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.
• Prior to commencing this role, a current registration issued under the Working with Vulnerable People (Background Checking) Act 2011 is required. For further information on Working with Vulnerable People registration refer to - Apply for or renew a WWVP registration - Access Canberra (act.gov.au)
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Note: This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.

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.

The new state-of-the-art Building 5 is now officially open at Canberra Hospital. This 44,000sqm, nine-storey facility, the largest healthcare infrastructure project in the Territory's history, delivers cutting-edge acute clinical services. Building 5 seamlessly integrates with existing campus buildings, ensuring smooth public access, patient transportation, and efficient logistics.

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Note

This is a temporary position available for a period of six months with the possibility of extension up to 12 months and/or permanency.

Career interest categories:

Healthcare, Medical and Allied Services