Mental Health Professional Lightning Ridge

Mental Health Professional Lightning Ridge

This role will provide counselling-psychological therapies to people living in Lightning Ridge and a 2-hour service radius

Classifications

• Healthcare & Medicine
• Mental Health
• Permanent / Full Time

Key points

• Generous salary packaging
• Iconic organisation
• Great opportunity to travel

Description

The Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia South Eastern Section provides comprehensive health services to rural and remote communities in far west NSW, SA and QLD.

The Section works with local health services to implement primary health care in the communities served by the Section. This position assists in improving the mental health of people living in rural and remote areas by providing greater access to mental health support.

This role is based in our Lightning Ridge office but can be operated as an outreach position from Dubbo and will work alongside two members of our Alcohol and Other Drug team. This role will provide counselling-psychological therapies to people living in Lightning Ridge and a 2-hour service radius who are experiencing mild-moderate mental ill-health, substance use problems or generalised wellbeing stressors.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work flexible hours, travel extensively in the service region, work collaboratively, work alone or with minimal supervision and provide consultations by using various methods.

Qualifications & Experience that are essential:

• Degree in Psychology or Counselling or
• Accredited Mental Health Nurse
• Postgraduate experience of 2years in the mental health field

Desirable:

• Post graduate qualifications in relevant area
• Trauma-informed service delivery training/experience
• Knowledge of psychotropic medications and basic medication management
• Experience in rural and remote population health
• Experience working in a cross-cultural environment
• Experience working with rural and remote clients in pastoral settings
• Artistic or creative therapy and workshop experience to support non-medical model approaches to compliment clinical services of the role

Aboriginal Health Workers experienced in Mental health service delivery are encouraged to apply. This is an exciting and challenging role, if you have relevant tertiary qualifications, appropriate clinical experience and an interest in rural and remote practice, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information contact David Honeysett on 0447 610 846.

Applications close 30 March 2021

Any published closing dates are estimated, the RFDS SE aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

RFDSSE is an equal opportunity employer