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Transforming Lives: Senior Clinician for Adolescent Eating Disorders

This clinician role offers an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of adolescents and their families affected by eating disorders. Utilizing your expertise and compassion, you will provide comprehensive care and support, working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Join SALHN and contribute to delivering exceptional patient-centred care in a supportive and rewarding environment.

About the role: 

Reporting to the Team Manager (SEDS),some of your duties for the role will include:

• Undertaking assessments and planning recovery focussed services for individual clients, their family/supports, including bio-psycho-social assessment and mental state examination, including risk assessment of all clients referred to the service
• Provide evidenced based treatment specific to the need of adolescents experiencing an eating disorder. This is through individual and family based interventions as directed by the SEDS MDT.
• Provide clinical leadership to a small group of expert eating disorder clinicians
• Undertake the nursing/midwifery care role with a significant degree of independent clinical decision making in the area of personal expertise 
• Undertake the Allied Health (Psychology/Occupational Therapist/Social Work care role with a significant degree of independent clinical decision making in the area of personal expertise
• Delivering training and supervision to the appropriate members of the wider mental health service
• Implement and co-ordinate within span of control, processes for quality improvement and continuity within corporate risk management and nursing/midwifery professional practice frameworks

About you:

• Experience with quality improvement methodologies for clinical activities
• Advanced skills in undertaking a comprehensive bio-psychosocial assessment, including mental state and risk assessments of clients presenting with high or complex needs
• Proven experience of delivering evidenced based treatment for those experiencing an eating disorder.
• At least 3 years post registration experience in mental health, preferably in the field of eating disorder treatment.
• Registered Nurse and or Midwife with at least 3 years post registration experience OR
• Registered Psychologist with 3 years post registration experience and Clinical endorsement through PsyBa with approved supervisor status OR
• Registered Occupational Therapist through Occupational Therapy Board of Australia with 3 years post registration experience OR
• Social Worker with an appropriate Degree which gives eligibility for full membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers with 3 years post membership experience.

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

The attached role description is currently under review and may be adjusted prior to appointment. All applicants will be provided with the finalised role description.

This is a single vacancy, with two possible appointment classifications. The successful applicants will be appointed in the position appropriate to their skills, qualifications, and experience.

Please note that this position is multi-classed and classification will be determined by qualifications and experience.

Want To Know More? Contact: Andrew McGregor, Team Manager SEDS, (08) 7117 8800, Andrew.McGregor2@sa.gov.au 

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Tuesday 17th June 2025

Attachments:

• 904065 Senior Clinician Adolescent Eating Disorders RNM3 - role description
• 904065 Senior Clinician Adolescent Eating Disorders AHP3 - role description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• 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 Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 904065