Mental Health Clinician - Clinical Recovery

Northern Health; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Wellbeing programs

Workplace flexibility & extra leave

Inclusive and culturally safe space

State of the art facilities

Professional development via Learning 

Salary packaging & EAP

Job summary

Northern Health is seeking a motivated Mental Health Clinician to join the Merri-bek Community Team in Coburg. This part-time, fixed-term role supports adults with medium to long-term mental health needs and works closely with an integrated care team.

The position involves clinical assessments and targeted interventions within community services, with some shifts alongside the acute function. 64 hours per fortnight until October 2027.

Qualifications

• Acknowledge qualifications for mental health clinician roles.
• Experience in psychiatric assessment and intervention.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
• Ability to work autonomously within a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric assessment and targeted mental health interventions.
• Coordinate care for designated consumer group within Merri-bek Community Team.
• Deliver acute assessments in collaboration with acute function when needed.
• Work as part of a team, with occasional shifts with the acute function.

Education

Grade 2 Psychologist

Grade 3 Social Worker

Grade 3 Occupational Therapist

RPN3

Job description

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health are seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced Mental Health Clinician to join the Merri-bek Community team.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About Mental Health Division:

Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.

Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.

We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.

About the Role:

An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic Community Mental Health Clinician (Grade Three Occupational Therapist/Social Worker, Grade 2 Psychologist or Grade 3 registered Psychiatric Nurse) to join the Merri-bek Community Team within Northern Health's Mental Health Division.

We are located centrally in Coburg - close to Public Transport and parking options.

The Merri-bek Community team is a large, supportive and dynamic team made up of staff that are truly passionate and motivated in supporting consumers and their families/carers.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist mental health services to people who reside in the local government areas of Moreland and Hume.

This role involves working in conjunction with other members of the treating team to support a designated group of consumers requiring medium to long term specialist mental health support through assessment, delivering targeted mental health interventions and co-ordinating care.

With support of the Acute function of the team you will provide acute assessment and intervention for these designated consumers when needed.

This role is predominately a business hours but there is the option of working a small number of shifts with the acute function of the team.

This position is Fixed Term (parental leave) - Part Time (64 hours fortnight) until October 2027.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• The appropriate qualifications as a Grade 2 Psychologist, Grade 3 Social Worker, Grade 3 Occupational Therapist or RPN3.
• Passion about contributing positively to the lives of consumers with mental illness and their families
• Experience in the provision of Psychiatric assessment and intervention for consumers with a mental illness - preferably in a public mental health setting but this is not essential
• Ability to provide general and discipline specific mental health assessment and intervention
• Ability to work as part of a team but also able to work autonomously

For further details, please refer to the Position Description or contact Tanya Goodison on 9355 9700.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.