- Women's and Children's Health Network, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), -Various Locations available-
- Salary
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- Classification - AHP3 - Allied Health Professional L3 - $104,180 to $111,746
- Part Time (0.5 FTE) - Ongoing Permanent
About the Opportunity
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the CAMHS team as a Senior Occupational Therapist, where you will be responsible for:
- Provide clinical expertise in mental health care for children, adolescents, and their families, aligned with the National Mental Health Policy and Standards for Mental Health Services.
- Deliver direct expert care for individuals or groups of clients experiencing complex social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties.
- Offer clinical leadership to multidisciplinary team members within the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN).
- Deliver advanced clinical services to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) population.
- Collaborate with allied health staff, nursing staff, medical staff, service coordinators, lead psychiatrists, managers, and other stakeholders to enhance service delivery and meet client needs.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Appropriate Degree or equivalent qualification which entitles registration as an Occupational Therapist with the Occupational Therapy Australia.
- Extensive clinical experience in the delivery of mental health occupational therapy services to children and adolescents, with advanced clinical experience in the delivery of at least one clinical modality relevant to Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- The ability to communicate and work with other professionals, facilitate group functions and work as a team member.
- Supervise and mentor other professionals and students.
- The ability to work with a high degree of responsibility with limited supervision and direction
What WCHN Can Offer You
- Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.
- Salary package a range of benefits (including living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries) up to $9,010 each FBT year + $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
- Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
- Free public transport for SA Health Metropolitan Hospital workers to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. Note: Does not apply to network community sites.
- Access to generous leave provisions and professional development opportunities
- Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program
About Us
The Women’s & Children’s Health Network is the state’s leading provider of best practice health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We offer:
- specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions
- state of the art maternity and obstetric care services
- community based services reaching hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across SA
- specialist programs including Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth and Aboriginal Health services.
Join our patient centred team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.
Our values of Compassion, Respect, Equity, Accountability and working Together for Excellence or CREATE Together represent who we are as a Network.
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Special Conditions
To find out more about this role, including key selection criteria, all special conditions and minimum requirements, please click on the attached role description and also review our document checklists below.
Immunisation Requirements Checklist
Applicant Documents Checklist
Application Instructions
You will be required to attach a 1-2 page cover letter addressing the key selection criteria of the role and a current résumé/curriculum vitae prior to clicking 'Submit Application'. It is recommended to allow enough time to complete the whole application as the system times out after one hour of inactivity.
Other Important Information
The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Enquiries
Rita Zaccardo
Position: Clinical Co-Ordinator Mt Gambier CAMHS
Phone: 87247055
E-mail: rita.zaccardo@sa.gov.au
Application Closing Date: 16/12/2024 – 11:55pm
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