Mental Health Clinician - Senior Enhanced Support

Northern Health; Melbourne; In loco; AUD 100.000 - 150.000; Tempo pieno

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Northern Health's Merri-bek Community Team in Coburg is seeking a Senior Enhanced Clinical Mental Health Clinician to lead high-need cases and provide advanced clinical assessment and intervention for people with complex needs.

Based in a supportive team within the Mental Health Division, you will work a combination of general business hours with occasional shifts in the acute function, lead clinical work, and guide junior staff while collaborating with local services across Moreland and Hume.

Competenze

• Allied Health Grade 4 qualification or Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurse
• Minimum 5 years post-qualification experience
• Experience in Community Mental Health is desirable
• Demonstrated passion for improving lives of consumers with mental illness and families
• Proven leadership and staff support ability
• Experience in psychiatric assessment/intervention for mental illness
• Ability to provide general and discipline-specific mental health assessment/intervention
• Ability to work in a team and autonomously

Mansioni

• Provide high-level clinical assessment and intervention to high-need consumers within the Merri-bek Community Team.
• Act as key contact for a small caseload of complex consumers and those with intensive recovery needs.
• Provide professional support and guidance to clinicians within Enhanced Clinical.
• With acute function support, deliver acute assessment and intervention as needed.
• Operate within the wider Integrated Community Team and contribute to clinical and operational leadership.

Conoscenze

Allied Health Grade 4

Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurse

Five+ years post-qualification

Community Mental Health experience

Passion for consumers and families

Leadership skills

Psychiatric assessment/intervention

General & discipline-specific MH

Teamwork with autonomy

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Mental Health Clinician - Senior Enhanced Support

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 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 the Role:

An exciting opportunity exists for an enthusiastic Senior Community Mental Health Clinician (Grade 4 Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/Registered Psychiatric Nurse or Grade 3 Psychologist) to join the Merri-bek (previously Moreland) 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.

Then Enhanced Clinical Function utilises a team based assertive outreach approach to each consumer's clinical care with capped caseloads. The Senior Clinician within Enhanced Clinical will work alongside a small number of clinicians to provide high level clinical assessment and intervention to high needs consumers of the Merri-bek Community Team. This position involves being the key contact for a small caseload of complex consumers as well as consumers with intensive recovery needs. The Enhanced Clinical Function operates within the wider Integrated Community Team.

The Senior Clinician will contribute to clinical and operational leadership for this function and provide professional support and guidance to clinicians within Enhanced Clinical.

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 hour but there is the option of working a small number of shifts with the acute function of the team.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• The appropriate qualifications as a Allied Health Grade 4 or Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurse.
• At least 5 year's experience post qualification
• Previous experience working in a Community Mental Health team is desirable
• Passion about contributing positively to the lives of consumers with mental illness and their families
• Passion about supporting staff and proven leadership skills
• 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