Senior Forensic Mental Health Clinician

Forensicare; Traralgon; On-site; AUD 108,000 - 134,000; Full time

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Relocation support

Job summary

Forensicare invites applications for a Senior Clinician at the Regional Forensic Mental Health Service in Gippsland. The role focuses on improving outcomes for consumers with offending risks and mental illness through coordinated care, risk assessment and specialist consultation.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, supporting transitions from institutional care to community settings. The role requires substantial post-registration experience in mental health, with a focus on forensic

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-year post-registration mental health experience.
• Experience in forensic mental health risk assessment, care planning and service delivery.
• Ability to undertake comprehensive psychosocial and risk assessments and to plan, implement and evaluate clinical interventions.
• Commitment to mental health consumer recovery and person-centered and family/carer inclusive care.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain professional relationships with AMHWS and forensic clinical specialists.
• Provide specialist primary, secondary and tertiary consultation services, including risk assessments, reports and advice.
• Contribute to consumer risk management plans in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Provide Care Coordination for Serious Offenders needing ongoing mental health treatment and oversight.
• Support people transitioning from prisons to the region.

Skills

Forensic mental health

Risk assessment

Care planning

Team collaboration

Education

Tertiary qualification in nursing/psychology/social work or OT

Job description

Forensicare invites applications for a Senior Clinician at the Regional Forensic Mental Health Service in Gippsland. The role focuses on improving outcomes for consumers with offending risks and mental illness through coordinated care, risk assessment and specialist consultation.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team, supporting transitions from institutional care to community settings. The role requires substantial post-registration experience in mental health, with a focus on forensic