Clinical Lead Secasa Seaford - Melbourne, Australia - Monash Health
Description
Location:
Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan
Job type:
Full time
Organisation:
Monash Health
Salary:
Salary not specified
Occupation:
Health and Allied Health, Medical
Reference: 62283
Working in Healthcare has never been more important or meaningful.
Our Journey
The South Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault and Family Violence (SECASA), is a program of Monash Health and has the responsibility in the Southern Region of the Department of Families Fairness and Housing for:
- The provision and development of effective services to victim/survivors and associated people affected by sexual assault and family violence
- The provision and development of effective services for adolescents exhibiting sexually abusive behaviours
- The provision of public education and professional training on sexual assault and antiviolence issues
- Social planning and processes related to reducing societal violence
A Day in the Life
As a Grade 3 Clinical lead you will use use highly specialised knowledge of theories and evidence to assist patients/consumers, families and/or carers/significant others with psychosocial support and advocacy through psychosocial assessment, intervention, counselling, discharge planning, information provision and facilitates access to community services.
What you bring:
- An ability to ork independently within approved scope of practice to provide safe, evidencebased assessment, outcome measures, therapeutic care and/or discharge planning according to organisational policies and procedures in order to achieve optimal care
- Provide high levels of specialist knowledge, advice or guidance to other clinicians to support safe and effective consumercentred care
- Lead/oversee highperforming clinical teams, and provide expert advice on clinical issues as required
- Work collaboratively with consumers, their families and/or significant others and other stakeholders to establish a patient/client focused multidisciplinary management plan, consistent with currently accepted professional standards of practice and evidenced based practice
- Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe consumerfocused care, providing high levels of specialist knowledge
- Using high levels of specialist clinical reasoning, lead others to prioritise and fairly distribute workloads in collaboration with the team as required
- Evaluates the distribution of workloads, developing systems that respond to changes in clinical demands as required
- Ensure timely and responsive management of fluctuating referrals and wait lists as required, liaising with stakeholders to facilitate seamless healthcare to consumers
- Demonstrated extensive clinical experience working with and responding to complex trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence
- Crisis intervention skills necessary for supporting people who have experienced sexual assault and/or family violence
- Experience working with clients with trauma related to sexual assault and/or family violence
- Have worked collaboratively with other professionals and agencies to enhance wellbeing and safety for clients
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and experience in preparing written reports for therapeutic and legal purposes
- Excellent team work, interpersonal and communication skills, including building trust and rapport with colleagues and delivery of commitments
What you need:
Social Work
- An Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) accredited Bachelor Degree or entry level Master's Degree of Social Work that provides eligibility for membership of the AASW
- Written evidence of eligibility of AASW membership for overseas qualifications
- Minimum of seven years' experience as a qualified social worker
Accredited Social Worker:
As approved by the AASW_
**_
Desirable_**- _ Completion of a post-graduate qualification in a relevant field or working towards such a qualification_
- OR_
- Current general registration as a psychologist with the Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) AHPRA
- A minimum of five years' experience as a generally registered psychologist
- Having or working towards supervisor endorsement with the Psychology Board of Australia (AHPRA)
- _ Evidence of participation in clinical research activities_
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_Desirable_
- _ Post graduate qualifications in a relevant field or working towards same._
In Return:
- You will be part of highly committed compassionate leadership team
- Be part of a service that values you and all you bring to the clinical lead role
- Strong focus on selfcare and professional development
- Work in a team with a diverse range of experience for you to supervise and develop
- Receive evidence based training providing you with the skill
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