Clinical Lead – Safe Space – Strathpine

For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

Position details

• Part-Time, Permanent Position (0.5 FTE).
• Classification: Nurse Award or Health Professional Level 3 with salary range of $110,418 – $127,866; per annum, pro rata + Superannuation.
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year.
• Generous above-award pay and entitlements (see details below).
• Location: Strathpine Safe Space, QLD.

About Neami National

We’re Neami. We’re big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life – and we give our all to support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them.
For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. Everyone has different life goals, and at Neami, we walk alongside people to help improve their quality of life on their terms.

We’re proud to support 30,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands. These services include mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

Values

Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

• Connecting
• Collaborating
• Learning
• Belonging

About your new role

As Clinical Lead you will draw on your discipline specific skills, to provide clinical care and support to guests accessing the Neami Safe Space Service. You will provide clinical oversight and clinical governance for the Neami Safe Space service, including supervision to Safe Space Mental Health Clinicians and clinical advice/direction to other Safe Space staff. This will include professional development sessions with mental health clinicians and other staff where appropriate, as well as identifying and supporting service improvement opportunities (such as training needs of the team, consistency across the team and high-quality service provision).

What you will bring to the role

• The Clinical Lead will be expected to be a Registered Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Registered Nurse or Social Worker with a current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency essential, or a Social Worker with eligibility to register with the Australian Association of Social Work.
• Proven experience at a clinical level within the area of mental health and/or suicide prevention service delivery.
• A strong understanding of supporting people experiencing emotional distress through their recovery journey; and an ability to articulate and promote the value of and strengths gained from lived experiences of recovery.
• Ability to role-model and develop recovery-oriented and trauma-informed practices across the service.
• Demonstrate strong understanding of service development, integration, and a thorough understanding of existing mental health services system.
• Strong leadership skills and the ability to inspire and facilitate team commitment and cooperation.
• Formal tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy.
• Current full registration as an Enrolled Nurse/Registered Nurse with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) essential or
• Current full registration as a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse with annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) essential, or full registration as a Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).

What will Neami offer in return?

• Generous additional leave entitlements including 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave, 6 weeks Paid Partner Leave, 2 days Wellness Leave, 2 days additional Carer’s Leave and 3 days Compassionate Leave per occasion.
• Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision.
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor.
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS – providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family.
• Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance.

What the role requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) – disclosable outcomes considered.
• Current Working with Children Check – required before commencement of work.
• Current Nursing AHPRA registration.
• Australian working rights.

How to Apply

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which canbe found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (select paper clip icon).

To apply for this position, please:

• Click the ‘Apply Now’ button where you will need to create a username and password.
• Upload your resume and cover letter.

When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked).
Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).
If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:

Amy Barry Service Manager – Lived Experience – Strathpine – [email protected] using the subject line: Clinical Lead – Safe Space – Strathpine enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We’re passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.

If your application is shortlisted:

• We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
• We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.

Be Yourself – Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.