Clinical Specialist & Team Leader - Mood

Clinical Specialist and Team Leader – Mood Clinic

• Excellent opportunity for a Senior Clinician to take the next step in their career

• OT4, SW4, P3 and RPN5 | Career progression and development opportunities

• Ongoing part-time (xx FTE) opportunity | Based in Sunshine

Your new team

Orygen Specialist Program provides mental health services to young people aged 15-25 and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.

The Orygen Youth Mood Clinic (YMC) provides treatment to young people who are experiencing severe mood disorders and co-morbid mental health issues.

Your new role:

• Provide case management and specialist clinical interventions to young people and their families/cares; such as psychological, family, domestic violence, AOD, Physical Health, UHR psychosis, neurodevelopmental and eating disorders
• Provide clinical leadership, mentoring, training and supervision of the multidisciplinary team
• Provide strategic leadership and develop service delivery model for interventions, including projects, research and training
• Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds

About You:

• Relevant registration and qualifications as an Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Psychologist or Registered Psychiatric Nurse
• Extensive experience in clinical practice within the mental health field, including young people experiencing mental health disorders
• Proven ability to manage and lead a multidisciplinary team: manage staff resources and ensure high standards of practice through staff supervision, clinical review, training and professional development activities

Benefit of working with Orygen Specialist Programs:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals + internal and external training programs
• Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining required pre-employment checks (Police Check and Serology test)
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.
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