Director Eating Disorder Services Position No: 009249 Level/Salary: HSO Level G11 $159,799 -$166,281 Work Type: Permanent - Full Time Unit/Directorate: Mental Health Public Health and Dental Services - Mental Health Specialties - WA Eating Disorders Outreach and Consultation Service (WAEDOCS) Location: Northbridge / Nedlands Closing Date: 2023-10-31 4:00 PM Attachments: -
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This is for a Permanent Full Time appointment.
Do you want to be a part of a team that promotes and improves the health of its people and community? Are you looking for an organisation that listens to what you have to say, supports flexible working arrangements, health and wellbeing and is focused on engagement and culture? Then look no further.
North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) fosters an environment of equity and inclusion and strives to ensure everyone experiences a sense of belonging. We celebrate the rich diversity of our community and are committed to recruiting a team that is reflective of those we care for. We encourage anyone who aligns with our values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, Innovation and Care to apply for this role.
NMHS is committed to growing the Aboriginal workforce as a part of our Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing Strategy. As a measure to achieve equality, Section 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 applies to this position.
About this role
This position is responsible and accountable for achieving the objectives of the Eating Disorders services through clinical leadership, direction, and management of all available resources in accordance with policies, philosophies, and goals of the North Metropolitan Health Service Mental Health Public Health Dental Services (NMHS MHPHDS).This role reports to the Executive Director, MHPHDS.
The Eating Disorders Service in NMHS is being established to provide both community-based eating disorder treatment through a range of services, and to expand the scope and capacity of the WA Eating Disorders Outreach and Consultation Service (WAEDOCS) to support these services. This initiative will be a game changer in the management of eating disorders in WA and in the lives of the people they affect.
The WA Eating Disorders Outreach and Consultation Service (WAEDOCS) is a state-wide service that aims to ensure youth and adults in WA with an eating disorder can access optimal best practice care. This will be facilitated through up-skilling and inspiring health care professionals to deliver evidence-based high quality eating disorders care.
WAEDOCS is a multi-disciplinary team comprising a nurse practitioner, consultant clinical psychologist, consultant liaison psychiatrist, specialist physician, senior dietitian, clinical nurse specialist (mental health) and peer support worker.
This vacancy is subject to a Western Australian Working With Children (WWC) Check.