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SalaryReference Number 176505
Position Title Adult Community Mental Health Clinician (Nurse) - Colac
Employment Status Permanent Part Time
Program Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Services
Location Colac Mental Health Unit
Salary $0.00
Hours Per Fortnight 64
Position Summary
- Opportunity to join an intimate, supportive team with good links with other local agencies
- Challenge yourself in this varied and dynamic role
- Permanent Part Time – 64 hours per fortnight
Colac CMHT is part of the wider Barwon Health MHDAS continuing care service. We function as an integrated service, providing crisis and scheduled intake assessments, drug and alcohol intake services and case management within an experienced and supportive team.
About the role
As the successful applicant, you will provide assessment, treatment and recovery based interventions to individuals and their families who experience serious mental illness. The broader service delivery model of MHDAS includes provision of high quality interventions that are consumer-centred, family/carer inclusive and are delivered in a timely and coordinated manner in line with the Victorian Mental Health Act 2014. Other duties include:
- Day-to-day liaison with consumers, families and other services regarding care and treatment planning within a recovery framework and evidenced-based interventions
- Day-to-day clinical decision making including assessment, treatment, risk management strategies and prioritisation
- Participation and facilitation of peer case reviews within the multidisciplinary team
The Colac CMHT emphasises autonomy with planning client care – working with client & carers & empower them to manage care where able. We are a supportive culture with a focus on educational support in varied clinical skills with a variety of knowledge/skills required.
Barwon Health staff benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development
- Access to employee wellness facility
- Salary packaging
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave and take leave without pay
At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact and a member of the team will be in touch.
Applicants for this role must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and influenza and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health immunisation policy.
#Geelong, Victoria
Selection Criteria Essential: Can you please list Barwon Health's values?
Essential: Can you please choose one of Barwon Health's values and describe a situation in the workplace where you have displayed this value?
Desirable: I agree, to commence employment, I am required to meet Barwon Health's immunisation requirements (including full Covid-19 and Influenza vaccination) set out in the Staff Immunisation Policy. I acknowledge that meeting this requirement is mandatory and a condition of employment subsequently offered.
Essential: Formal professionally recognised qualifications in Psychiatric Nursing
Contact Person Kathy Leeson
Contact Person Job Title
Contact Number 03 421 25902
Closing Date 04/11/2022
