Rural Adversity Mental Health Program Lead

NSW Health; Broken Hill; On-site; AUD 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 weeks annual leave

Salary packaging

Novated leasing

Allocated day off

Learning and development

Fitness Passport

Lifestyle benefits

Job summary

NSW Health is seeking a Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Coordinator for the Far West Local Health District in Broken Hill. The role focuses on raising awareness of mental health needs arising from rural adversity and developing pathways to care for communities and individuals in remote NSW.

Responsibilities include information dissemination, education for rural agencies, improving referral processes, and collaboration with mental health teams and networks.

Responsibilities

• Raise awareness of, and help address, the short and long term mental health needs of people in Far West Local Health District resulting from or preparing for rural adversity.
• Identify communities and individuals who live in rural and remote NSW experiencing or at risk of developing signs and symptoms of mental illness or distress and develop pathways to care so that they, and their families and carers, can be connected with services and programs.
• Provide information about mental illness and services and programs to the whole community and to targeted individuals to facilitate recognition of when an individual may need extra support for their mental health.
• Provide education services to targeted rural agencies and services that have contact with people experiencing adversity and build their capacity to respond and refer to appropriate services.
• Work in partnership with the mental health teams, clinicians and their respective communities to improve mental health referral processes. This will include strategies to improve the mental health literacy and referral/response capacity of people working in rural areas, and promote a system of care that is closely integrated, linking industry and other health sectors.The RAMHP Coordinator may be required to attend clinical team meetings from time to time.
• The RAMHP Coordinator will be connected to interagencies and other networks as required.
• Work with and support the mental health and family and carer teams to ensure that patients, families and carers are provided with the information they need to look after their own mental health.

Job description

NSW Health is seeking a Rural Adversity Mental Health Program (RAMHP) Coordinator for the Far West Local Health District in Broken Hill. The role focuses on raising awareness of mental health needs arising from rural adversity and developing pathways to care for communities and individuals in remote NSW.

Responsibilities include information dissemination, education for rural agencies, improving referral processes, and collaboration with mental health teams and networks.