Trauma-Informed Mental Health Clinician

Latrobe Regional Health; Traralgon; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

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Job summary

Latrobe Regional Health invites applications for a Community Clinician 26+ in Gippsland. Join our Community Mental Health team in a leading regional hospital, delivering recovery-focused care to adults experiencing acute episodes and ongoing treatment needs.

Full-time or part-time ongoing appointments are negotiable. As part of a multidisciplinary team you will perform assessments, safety planning, and interventions, with trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice.

Qualifications

• Qualified as Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Psychologist or Occupational Therapist with appropriate AHPRA registration or AASW Eligibility.
• Minimum two years’ post-registration experience in mental health (desirable).
• Post-graduate qualification in mental health or willingness to complete if successful.

Responsibilities

• Conduct timely acute and routine clinical assessments based on risk, urgency, distress and disability including safety planning and triage using the National Mental Triage Scale.
• Deliver evidence-based, trauma informed and culturally sensitive treatment interventions, including pharmacological and therapeutic approaches within scope.
• Work within a recovery-orientated framework, collaborating with consumers, carers and the multidisciplinary team to develop care plans, facilitate access to services and support discharge planning.
• Provide individual, group and family-based clinical interventions, psychoeducation and ongoing review of care goals and outcomes.
• Maintain comprehensive, accurate and sequential clinical documentation and ensure compliance with legislative, policy and data integrity requirements.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Social Worker

Psychologist

Occupational Therapist

Education

AHPRA registration eligibility

AASW eligibility

Job description

Latrobe Regional Health invites applications for a Community Clinician 26+ in Gippsland. Join our Community Mental Health team in a leading regional hospital, delivering recovery-focused care to adults experiencing acute episodes and ongoing treatment needs.

Full-time or part-time ongoing appointments are negotiable. As part of a multidisciplinary team you will perform assessments, safety planning, and interventions, with trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practice.