Health Professional Officers - Forensic Mental Health Services | Full-time Permanent

ACT Government; Canberra; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible working conditions

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Canberra Health Services invites applications for Health Professional Officers in Forensic Mental Health Services, a permanent full-time role within a tertiary hospital in Canberra. You will contribute to recovery-oriented care, conduct comprehensive assessments, and support multidisciplinary teams.

Applicants should have strong mental health experience, excellent clinical reasoning and communication skills, and a commitment to person-centred care; forensic/custodial exposure is desirable and

Qualifications

• Strong mental health experience with ability to assess and formulate care plans.
• Excellent clinical reasoning and decision-making in high-stress situations.
• Effective communication with patients, families and multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions within forensic settings.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary care planning and service improvement.

Skills

Mental health experience

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Job description

Health Professional Officers - Forensic Mental Health Services
Full-time Permanent

• 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.
• Access to Employee Assistance Program.

About the Role:

Join Forensic Mental Health Services (FMHS), a specialist multidisciplinary service providing recovery-oriented mental health care to people involved with, or at risk of involvement with, the criminal justice system.

Working within a supportive and collaborative team, you will undertake comprehensive assessments, deliver evidence-based interventions, and manage complex clinical presentations while contributing to multidisciplinary care planning and service improvement.

We are seeking Health Professional Officers with strong mental health experience, excellent clinical reasoning and communication skills, and a commitment to recovery-oriented, person-centred care. Experience in forensic or custodial mental health is desirable; however, clinicians keen to develop specialist expertise in this area are encouraged to apply.

FMHS offers a rewarding and challenging clinical environment, supported by specialist training, clinical supervision, professional development opportunities, and forensic mental health education. This is an excellent opportunity to build advanced clinical skills while making a meaningful difference in the lives of people with complex mental health needs.

A merit pool may be established from this recruitment process and will remain valid for 12 months. This pool may be used to fill similar roles/ future vacant positions at the same level across CHS.

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

• Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy.
• Comply with CHS credentialing and scope of clinical practice requirements for allied health professionals.

Note: This is a permanent position.

Note: Under the ACTPS employment framework you may be placed in another role where required for the efficient administration of the service.

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 .

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.

The ACT public service is committed to closing the gap, underpinned by the belief that when Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have a genuine say in the design and delivery of policies, programs and services that affect them, better life outcomes are achieved. More information can be found here ACT Closing the Gap Implementation Plan - ACT Government Transparency Portal .