Acute Community Mental Health Clinician - Hume

Reference Number: 41391: Acute Community Mental Health Clinician - Hume
Employment Type: Fixed Term Full Time (FT)
Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)
About Northern Health:
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 located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD, Melbourne's North is fast becoming the place to be!
The Role:
An exciting opportunity exists for a suitably experience Community Mental Health Clinician (Grade Two Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/Clinical Psychologist or Grade 3 registered Psychiatric Nurse) to join the Hume Community Team within Northern Health's Mental Health Division.
The Hume Community team is a large, supportive and dynamic public Mental Health 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 area of Hume.
We are recruiting for a Mental Health Clinician to work within the Acute Community Intervention Service (ACIS) function of the team. This role is working predominately shift work providing acute assessment and intervention to consumers and their families/carers in both an in-reach and outreach capacity. The clinicians working within ACIS work with a shared caseload of acute consumers and provide evidence based, recovery focused interventions to support and improve the lives of the consumers and carers of our service. The clinicians working within ACIS will also provide short-term intensive support for up to 3 months for appropriate consumers and be identified as the key contact person for ACIS consumers.
This position involves working shift work 7 days per week between the hours of 8.30am and 10.30pm
To be successful in this role you will have:

• The appropriate qualifications as a Grade 2 Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Grade 3 Registered Psychiatric Nurse.
• At least two years experience post qualification
• 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

Next Steps . . .
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts. For further details, please refer to the or contact: Tanya Goodison, Program Manager, or one of our Team Leaders on 8345 5611.
Applications close on 5th Jan 2024.
Why work at the Northern Health?
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

For a glimpse of life at NH, click
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 and Covid-19.