Mental Health Professional

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.

This role will meet the needs of the Mental Health Nurse in Practice (MHNIP) contract awarded to the RFDSSE by the Western NSW Primary Health Network. While preference is for a Mental Health Nurse, other multi-disciplinary mental health professionals are welcome to enquire.

This position will provide a coordinated clinical-care and therapeutic service to clients living with a chronic mental illness in Broken Hill. MHNIP is a very flexible program, allowing the consumer to receive the services they need where, when and for as long as they need. This is particularly important for people with more severe mental health problems. The program is designed to cater for the episodic nature of some mental illnesses, operating successfully as part of a Stepped Care Approach. The MHNIP is typically delivered by Credentialed Mental Health Nurses (CMHN) or candidate working towards Credentialing (or equivalent).

The successful candidate will work in conjunction with the person’s General Practitioner and/or Psychiatrist, to inform, manage, monitor and review the needs of consumers with chronic mental illness. The candidate will facilitate a recovery-oriented service in keeping with the current (MHNIP) guidelines. In practice, the role will deliver a mix of therapy and case management in line with client needs.

This role will be based at the RFDSSE Broken Hill Wellbeing Place and will deliver clinical services in the Broken Hill community. Wellbeing Place is a calming, safe space for the community with a great mix of arts, wellness, social and clinical treatment services. You will join a wonderful team of approximately 15 FTE, a mix of clinical and community engagement / health promotion roles, peer work and administrative staff.

Qualifications & Experience that are essential:

• Credentialed Mental Health Nurse (with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses ACMHN) (or ability to work towards) registered with AHPRA
• Postgraduate experience of at least three years as a mental health nurse in a clinical role.

OR

• Candidates of another tertiary trained mental health discipline may enquire if experienced, registered and are equivalent to a Credentialed Mental Health Nurse level.

Desirable:

• Post graduate qualifications in relevant mental health treatment area;
• Experience delivering clinical supervision;
• Significant experience or demonstrated understanding, working in rural / remote / population health;
• Experience working in a cross-cultural environment;
• Experience working with rural/remote clients in pastoral settings;
• Experience working with families, couples and groups.

For more information about the Mental Health Professional position: Please contact Vanessa Latham on 0417 030 217 or vanessa.latham@rfdsse.org.au

To apply: Apply online at our website www.flyingdoctor.org.au/careers, please include your Cover Letter and CV along with copies of your qualifications and details of two referees.

Applications close 5:00pm Friday, 10 September 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