Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, 38 hours per week until December 2024
Location: SWSLHD District Wide
Position Classification: Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist
Remuneration:
Psychologist: $1,432.42 – $2,096.58 per week
Clinical Psychologist: $2,022.91 – $2,465.62 per week
Requisition ID: REQ447284
Application Close Date: 26/11/2023
Interview Date Range: 29/11/2023 – 06/12/2023
Contact Details: Carlie Bills, Manager Staff Wellbeing & Support Service – 0408 162 058 | [email protected]
About the Opportunity
South Western Sydney Local Health District (SWSLHD) is currently seeking an Employee Assistance Program Staff Counsellor for a unique and fulfilling role that stands out from the traditional KPI-driven positions.
In this role, you’ll have ample time to manage administrative tasks, education and training while ensuring you can maintain a healthy work-life balance.
This position offers a refreshing diversity, providing variety in your daily tasks. With clients coming from within the organisation, there are no set client numbers, making this role dynamic and ever-changing.
In addition to providing one-on-one counselling to staff, you’ll be engaged in conducting educational sessions for various teams within SWSLHD, showcasing your ability to present to groups effectively. You will also facilitate post-incident debriefs for critical incidents, ensuring the well-being of your colleagues in our wider district team.
We pride ourselves on exceptional team culture, where teamwork is highly valued, and sharing thoughts and ideas is encouraged. With a supportive manager, this team is dedicated to work-life balance, and you’ll have the opportunity to get to know the organisation and its teams intimately.
Your role will involve analysing and influencing teams to improve well-being outcomes, making this an incredibly rewarding position where you can make real change to the lives of our employees.
What You’ll be Doing
The EAP Counsellor will provide a variety of services as part of the LHD Employee Assistance Program including short-term, confidential, solution focused counselling across a range of presenting issues for all LHD based staff and their families; stakeholder liaison and collaboration with other LHD business units, consultancy with Managers at every level towards addressing work-related issues, promoting employee wellbeing, and trauma support (post incident), advisory and counselling to staff when required. This position assists the LHD meet the requirements of “Employee Assistance Programs: NSW Health “(PD2016_045) and ACHS Accreditation standards.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria as thoroughly as possible.
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An AHPRA registered Psychologist or Clinical Psychologist with a minimum of 5 years’ experience who has eligibility for membership with Australian Psychological Society (APS).
Qualifications including:
- Psychologist: Full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia or eligible for same and c ompletion of a four-year sequence of accredited undergraduate study in the discipline of psychology (or equivalent completed overseas).
- Clinical Psychologist: Full registration as a Psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia and completion of an Australian Psychology Accreditation Council accredited postgraduate Clinical Psychology qualification of no less than two years full time duration or recognised equivalent.
- Demonstrated experience in providing high quality clinical short-term interventions to address a broad range of personal and work related issues, via a number of modalities (e.g.: face to face, phone, online).
- Demonstrated extensive experience in providing critical incident support and psychological first aid with both individuals and groups following a traumatic work related incident or event.
- Demonstrated experience providing high quality solution-focussed clinical services that includes effective and proactive problem solving skills, the ability and confidence to relate well with people at all levels of an organisation, and have a strong passion for psychological wellbeing.
- Demonstrated ability as a committed team member to work collaboratively, openly and respectfully within a multidisciplinary team Allied Health Professionals, including the ability to both support and empower the EAP service and team towards high quality clinical services.
- Highly developed ICT skills adequate for general business and service improvement including report writing, clinical case management, program/project development, seminar presentations, online platforms and app based programs and other organisational activities.
- Knowledge and understanding of the needs of the diversity of cultures represented in the LHDs, and the implications of a multi-cultural society within the workplace.
- Current unrestricted Australian drivers licence and the ability and willingness to travel for work purpose within SWSLHD, often at short notice.
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Additional Information
Stepping Up – Close the Gap
Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal applicants understand how to apply for roles with NSW Health by clarifying the recruitment and onboarding process. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role within South Western Sydney Local Health District, please contact the SWSLHD Aboriginal Workforce Team on [email protected]
Workplace Giving Program
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees also have the opportunity to make a difference to help those less fortunate. Visit the Workplace Giving Program for more information.
Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
SWSLHD is committed to driving a child safe culture that upholds children and young people’s rights. We strive to ensure children and young people feel safe, supported and included in their care. Existing staff of SWSLHD and those seeking employment are required to take the safety, welfare and wellbeing of children and young people seriously while taking action to keep them safe from harm and abuse.