- Central Adelaide Local Health Network
- Mental Health Services, Glenside
- Salary RN-2 $82,398 – $104,154
- Salary AHP-2 $86,950 – $100,729
- Full-time and part-time permanent positions
About the role
The Mental Health Triage Service (MHTS) is a metropolitan wide collaboration with SA Ambulance Service (SAAS). It receives and triages telephone referrals from consumers and concerned family or community members who contact the service for emergency mental health care. The Mental Health Triage Service provides initial assessment, service coordination for the consumer with rapid through put and linking of consumers with the appropriate service. It has a role in monitoring mental health activity and coordination across South Australia.
RN-2 The CN provides mental health nursing care in a variety of settings across the MHCP. The CN’s practice has been consolidated by experience and/or further study. CNs are expected to demonstrate ongoing practice development from competent to proficient practitioners. The CN accepts accountability for their own practice standards, activities delegated to others and the guidance and development of less experienced staff. The CN role is predominantly clinical in nature; however CNs may be assigned appropriate portfolios consistent with their career development plan and MHCP priorities. CNs may be required to be involved in clinical teaching and/or research; wider or external work on complex or MHCP wide projects such as clinical protocols, guidelines and / or process mapping and / or specific activity and / or portfolio responsibility.
AHP-2 Working as a part of the multi-disciplinary team, the Mental Health Triage Clinician:
- Provides initial assessment, service coordination for the consumer with rapid throughput.
- Conducts telephone assessments of consumers who are referred or request a service.
- Determines the urgency and appropriateness of the referral and the required service response.
- Provides brief telephone counselling and/or information regarding other agencies or services from which the consumer may benefit.
- Works collegially with the South Australian Ambulance Services (SAAS) in
- Providing mental health expertise in the triaging of primary mental health calls, sharing of information and clinical advice
- Assisting with the planning and coordination of care for callers to SAAS with an identified mental health problem
- Negotiates referrals to other agencies/services in some circumstances.
- Takes responsibility for access to and linking of consumers with the appropriate acute adult inpatient and community services across metropolitan Adelaide.
- Undertakes specific discipline tasks as appropriate.
Qualifications
See role descriptions
About CALHN
The Central Adelaide Local Health Network includes South’s Australia’s major quaternary facility, the Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, and the Repat Health Precinct. We also deliver mental health services at Glenside Health Services and at a range of other locations across the metropolitan and regional areas.
We’re looking for talented staff to join us and help us to shape the future of health through world-class care and world-class research and achieve our vision of being in the top 50 health services in the world and top 5 in Australia.
What we offer
- Attractive salary packaging available
- 17.5 per cent Leave loading applied to your annual leave
- Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians
- Opportunity for movement across the SA Health system: There are always opportunities for you to develop your skills and your career at one of our many metropolitan or regional sites.
Essential Requirements:
- Current National Police Clearance (NPC)
- Working with Children Check
- Immunisation screening as indicated in the role description. SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
Diversity and inclusion: At CALHN we support and foster a culture in which employees feel they belong and feel safe at work. The culture aims to encourage all people to use their talents and to be valued and rewarded for their contributions.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.
Application Information:
- The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
Job ref: 845729
Enquiries to:
Michael Baldock Telephone: 7087 1000
Application Closing Date
11:55 pm Friday 1 March 2024
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