Clinical Nurse Specialist - CAMHS (529702d)

Please note this position is also being advertised as an Allied Health Professional-CAMHS (529702) and only one position will be filled on merit. Please note this position is eligible for a Multi Disciplinary Allowance.

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is seeking Clinical Nurse Specialists to join our new Head to Health Kids (H2HK) Tasmania service.

This role will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver secondary level mental health assessment, intervention and liaison for infants, children, and their families and caregivers, experiencing emerging complexity regarding emotional, social, relational, and behavioural functioning.

As part of the Head to Health Kids team, the role will:

• Support the establishment of the Southern Head to Health Kids Tasmania service.
• Undertake assessments, care planning and delivery of individual and group secondary level mental health interventions to children and families, including culturally appropriate services.
• Develop and support collaborative care partnerships with service providers including across primary health, child health and parenting, paediatrics, child safety, education, and early childhood programs and services.
• Collect and review client and service outcome data and participate in activities to improve client outcomes.
• Contribute to continuing quality and safety, service development and improvement, and professional development processes and standards.

Duties:

1. Ensure the delivery of a comprehensive clinical service through the provision of assessment, case management and individual therapies, including specialised therapies for children and their families or carers.
2. Develop, monitor and evaluate clinical outcome measures, manage mild to moderate clinical issues and make recommendations on matters relating to the area of infant and child mental health.
3. Participate in the multi-disciplinary team review of current clients, including supporting staff in the development, monitoring and evaluation of clinical outcome measures.
4. Establish effective collaborative and professional relationships with children and families, the healthcare team, and other stakeholders to optimise outcomes for children and their families. 
5. Maintain clinical documentation ensuring appropriate records of assessments, interventions and specialised reports, and maintain NOCC and Occasions of Service data. 

Note: - Please refer to the Statement of Duties for all the selection criteria of this position to address in your application.

About H2HK Tasmania:

H2HK Tas is an integrated secondary level mental health service for emerging complexity for the 0-12 year age group, and represents an important addition to a child and family mental health stepped care model in Tasmania.

This service enables families to access a range of evidence based individual and group interventions and supports for mild to moderate emotional, behavioural, social, relational, and developmental challenges.

The Head to Health Kids Tas service works with families, and universal, secondary, and tertiary service providers, to provide integrated and holistic care. The Department for Education, Children and Young People (DECYP) is a key co-service partner.

Why Tasmania 

The Department of Health Tasmania oversees various hospitals across the state, including the Royal Hobart Hospital, Launceston General Hospital, Northwest Regional Hospital, and Mersey Community Hospital, as well as district hospitals and ambulance services. Additionally, it provides community health, mental health, and primary healthcare services to the Tasmanian community through more than 300 sites.

Tasmania, Australia's only island state, offers unparalleled natural beauty and a luxurious lifestyle. Pursuing your health career in Tasmania’s public health system means building strong connections with colleagues and patients. It also means embracing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extraordinary experiences outside of work while making a significant impact on the community during work.

Details of appointment:

Fixed term full time, day worker position, working 76 hours per fortnight, commencing as soon as possible until 30 June 2026.

*notwithstanding hours to be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Applicants should note that, for a period of twelve months from the date of publication, this selection process may be used to fill subsequent or similar full time, part time, and casual vacancies.

Salary: $106,570 - $112,440 per annum. Our Employer 11.5% superannuation contribution is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in acco