Carer Consultant

Job no: 874433
Work type: Part time
Location: Adelaide Metro Eastern
Categories: Mental Health
  • Central Adelaide Local Health Network 
  • Mental Health Services, Glenside
  • Salary   OPS-2   $58,709 - $63,154 p.a. (pro rata)
  • Permanent part-time working 18.75 hours per week                              

About the role

The Carer Consultant utilises their Lived Experience of caring for a person with· mental illness to support families and carers of patients on the RAH and/or Eastern Acute mental health ward(s). This is through recognition that people with serious mental illness are not ill in isolation  -  the illness also has an impact on their families and significant others. The Carer Consultant works to provide family inclusive contact throughout the patient journey, ensuring the opportunities  for family involvement occur early, are ongoing and are embedded characteristics of the support provided.

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
  • Strong community minded culture and values providing world class care to South Australians 
  • Access to Fitness Passport, a discounted workplace health and fitness program available to CALHN staff and their families.
  • 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:

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.
  • Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and compliant Immunisation screening. 

Job ref:  874433

Enquiries to:

Aimee Nicol

Telephone: 7425 3800 

aimee.nicol@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

11:55 pm Friday 20 September 2024

Attachments

Download File 874433 RD Carer Consultant.pdf

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Categories

SA Health

Locations

Metropolitan South Australia

Work type

Local Health Network / Business