AddressCompany description:
Barwon Health
Job description:
- Work in a new facility with ample parking and easy access from Melbourne
- Opportunities to upskill and grow your career journey
- Positive team environment with an excellent culture
About Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Services (MHDAS)
MHDAS provides integrated and recovery oriented Mental Health, drugs and alcohol assessment, treatment and community support to people of all ages within the Barwon region experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, Mental Health and drug & alcohol issues, and their families.
Our service is internationally recognised for its innovative clinical programs and integrated models of practice that are client centred, accessible and family inclusive. We are fortunate to enjoy terrific internal relationships and have developed excellent partnerships with the local community that provide for seamless integrated care for our clients.
MHDAS is entering a new phase of co-design of our service system with people who access our services and our wider community. This will build on our nationally recognized unique cultural approach to the challenges of recovery oriented service delivery to redesign our service system.
About the facility
Barwon Heath's Mental Health Drugs & Alcohol Services are actively building upon our nationally recognised reputation for innovative clinical programs and integrated models of practice that are consumer centred, accessible and family inclusive. In response to the Royal Commission, a 16 bed Older Adult Acute Mental Health is nearing completion in North Geelong.
This new purpose built facility has a co-designed model of care that is recovery oriented and trauma informed. It will provide clinical inpatient care for consumers aged 50 years+ with acute and sub-acute needs, with onsite facilities for outpatient appointments.
About the Role
Clinical
- Practice using a new model of care reflecting the Royal Commission's recommendations
- Provide assessment and continuing care to consumers with a serious mental disorder
- Work with least restrictive practices, providing therapeutic engagement to consumers
Leadership
- Provide co-ordination, leadership and supervision of staff in the daily operations of the unit
- Educate, guide and supervise student nurses as required
- Act up as the NUM during short periods of absence and as required
Team
- Join a multidisciplinary staffing profile, operating within a holistic Recovery Based Model
- Enhance communication channels with other teams to encourage seamless service delivery
- Positions includes some rotation to nightshift depending on service requirements
About the culture
This is a new service within the established Mental Health Acute Intervention Services team. The team strives for a positive working environment and culture for staff. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values; respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation
For a copy of the Position Description, please email ***************@barwonhealth.org.au and quote the job reference number 991.
For further information, please contact Jessica Lewis (NUM) on 0402 545 *** or via email *************@barwonhealth.org.au
Candidates may be contacted prior to the closing date of June 26, 2024
What we offer
Located in the northern suburbs of Geelong, we offer an easier commute from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, rather than travelling across the city.
- Flexible working arrangements
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave and take leave without pay
- Professional development
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and the Surf Coast
- Attractive salary packaging benefits!
- Living Expenses capped at $9,010 and includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments
- Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 and includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure
Diversity and Inclusion
We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion. We celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and talents of our team members, fostering an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Our commitment to diversity strengthens our ability to provide compassionate and equitable care to all individuals, regardless of their backgrounds, abilities, and identities.
We are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and a workplace that promotes wellbeing, and welcomes applications from those who identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person.
We actively encourage individuals with disabilities and diverse backgrounds and identities to apply for our positions. Should you require any reasonable adjustments or support during the recruitment process, we are here to assist you every step of the way.
We are strongly committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Click here for further information on the Victorian Government's Child Safe Standards: About Child Safe Standards | Victorian Government (www.vic.gov.au)
We are also proud to be Totally Smoke Free.
