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About Access Health and Community
With a history of 150 years and caring at our centre, our mission and commitment is to build healthier lives within our communities and to deliver excellent health and community services for all. We have a dedicated and experienced team of over 300 employees and 200 volunteers operating across 18 locations. Our people are the centre of everything we do, making a contribution to the wellbeing of the community every day through our work, making a difference every day to those that need it most.
About the role
An exciting and rewarding opportunity to join our thriving community health organisation and work within a truly supportive and valued based culture and engaged workforce.
The Mental Health Nurse will provide mental health nursing and clinical care coordination to consumers with complex needs in the Mental Health Stepped Care program. The Mental Health Nurse will report to the Clinical Team Leader and work as a part of the multidisciplinary Mental Health (MH) team using the clinical staging model to assess and deliver mental health treatment to consumers.
A key component of the role is the assessment and management of mental health and co-occurring conditions, and clinical risk for consumers living in the community with moderate to severe mental health needs.
What you will be doing
What you will bring
Key Selection Criteria
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Access Health and Community Culture & Benefits
The reasons why people love working at Access Health and Community:
Not only will you benefit from a rewarding and challenging career; you will thrive in our collaborative and supportive culture where you will make a positive difference each day giving back to those that need it most.
Enjoy the extensive Access Health and Community range of benefits that are on offer;
Access Health and Community have an authentic commitment to the health and wellbeing of our staff:
Wellbeing Connector Program
A network of 20 peer supporters called Wellbeing Connectors that are there to talk with their colleagues about mental health
Personal Resilience Plans
Every staff member at AccessHC have the opportunity to complete a Personal Resilience Plan with the support of their manager. These plans are a proactive approach to addressing and navigating workplace stress
Wellbeing Information Sessions
Access to recorded Wellbeing Sessions: staff have access to a number of recorded sessions facilitated by experts in the field addressing self-care, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout and dealing with difficult behaviours from clients
The Wellness Well
The Wellness Well: An internal grants program that provides staff with upwards of $5,000 to implement activities that benefit physical, social and mental wellbeing
Employee Assistance Program
We offer counseling for our people through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). You can access up to three sessions in a 12-month period
Wellbeing Days
Available annually to all permanent and fixed term full-time and part time employees an opportunity to take a day off from work for your self-care and wellbeing
Environmental Impact initiatives
Access Health and Community are committed to taking action to reduce our impact on the environment and as a City Switch member we access resources, toolkits and expertise to help us become a more environmentally sustainable organisation. We have implemented a number of climate related initiatives, to reduce e-waste, by recycling old computers, monitors and ink cartridges and waste separation, and allocated a pin to print for all staff to reduce and cut down waste production and unnecessary printing
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Access Health and Community is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce that reflects the communities and people we support and advocate for
We encourage applications from people with disabilities, people with lived experience of mental health and/or AOD recovery, people with diverse genders and sexualities and actively encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a culturally and/or linguistically diverse background
We pride ourselves on being a client and child safe organisation and as such our staff and volunteers go through security screening and as a provider of disability services, successful applicants will be required to undertake a NDIS Workers Screening Check, WWW Check and if necessary, an International Police check prior to any appointment.
Access Health and Community acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of this land on which we work
If this position resonates with you and you are passionate about working alongside a collaborative and supportive team, we would love to see your resume and a paragraph or two about where you are on your professional journey and why you think the position will work well for you.
Please reach out to for further information and/or the opportunity to discuss this role. Please contact: Mental Health Manager: Irina.Hart@accesshc.org.au
Please refer to the position description on our website for the key selection criteria information: https://accesshc.org.au/careers/
Apply now so you don’t miss this opportunity. We will be assessing applications as they are submitted
Applications close date: 13th February 2023