Our Vision: : creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project - CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Julie Grant at 0403 149 140 or at [email protected].

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Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Nurse Level 3 grade 1 - Registered (P64217)
Salary: $130,846.00 (Plus 11.5% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital
Section: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Closing Date: 2 May 2024

What can we offer you:

•	City living without the traffic - click here to see why you should live in Canberra.
•	Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
•	Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
•	Flexible working conditions.
•	11.5% Superannuation.
•	VISA/Sponsorship for eligible candidates.
•	Reimbursement of relocation expenses for interstate candidates (subject to review and approval).

To find out more on what a career at CHS can give you, the benefits of working with us and why Canberra is Australia's happiest city click here: Benefits of working with us - Canberra Health Services (act.gov.au)

About the Role:

Mental Health, Justice Health and Alcohol and Drug Services (MHJHADS) provides support to children, youth and adults through inpatient and outpatient settings, community health centres, justice health facilities and other community settings, including people’s homes. We partner with our health care consumers, their family, carers, government, and community organisations to ensure that they receive the best possible care during their treatment and recovery.

All care that we provide is driven by our values of being kind, reliable, respectful, and progressive. We’re also guided by contemporary mental health and human rights legislation which means we operate within a framework that ensures the rights and dignity of people are promoted and protected.

MHJHADS services include:

•	Adult Community & Older Persons Mental Health Services
•	Adult Inpatient Mental Health Services
•	Alcohol & Drug Services (ADS)
•	Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
•	Justice Health Services (JHS)

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provides assessment and treatment for children and young people who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health issues. CAMHS provides governance for the Eating Disorders Services in the ACT.

The Eating Disorder Service, comprising of a number of programs: Eating Disorders Residential Treatment Centre, Eating Disorders Program, Eating Disorders Clinical Hub and Short-Term Recovery Intervention for Disordered Eating (STRIDE) Program, provides support and treatment to children, adolescents and adults who are experiencing an eating disorder as their primary presenting issue.

The Eating Disorders Residential Treatment Centre is a 12 bed sub-acute health facility for people with a primary diagnosis of an eating disorder over the age of 16 who can be safely medically monitored and managed in the Centre but require further nutritional, psychological and psychosocial support to achieve long term recovery. It will have a homelike, residential feel and will focus on the psychological recovery of participants by providing specialist, intensive nutritional, psychological treatment with 24/7 nursing support for a period up to three months.

Under limited direction of the CAMHS Senior Manager and the CAMHS ADON, the Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) is responsible for the provision of clinical leadership and operational management of the Eating Disorder Residential Treatment Centre and the maintenance of the therapeutic environment. The CNC plays a pivotal role in the implementation of direct clinical care and the coordination of clinical operations for key members of a busy multidisciplinary team, including recruitment, leave management, quality improvements, audits, work health and safety, budgets, partnership and collaboration with all stakeholders. The CNC position also works collaboratively with the Operational Director and Clinical Director for the provision of evidence-based clinical interventions within standardised clinical processes, reporting against key performance indicators and promotes a learning environment for the team.

The role will be supported by a cohesive multi-disciplinary team of Nurses, Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Exercise physiologist, Allied Health Assistants, Administration Service Officer, General Practitioner and Consultant Psychiatrist.

The role will also require the team member to undertake professional development and supervision, participate in quality initiatives and contribute to the multidisciplinary team processes and provide clinical supervision to nursing staff.

Additionally, the role is required to be available to work within all program areas of MHJHADS, as service needs arise.

The role is a permanent Full-time role, 5 days per week (38 hours per week)

For more information regarding the position duties click here for the Position Description.

Please note prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to:

•	Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
•	Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.

To Apply:

Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page cover letter or pitch, responding to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

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