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SalaryReference Number 63775
Position Title Collaborative Transitional Care Worker - Early in Life Mental Health Service
Employment Type Full Time Ongoing
Entity Monash Health
Department Early in Life Mental Health Services
Location Monash Children's Hospital
Position Summary
- Excellent Management opportunity to play a key role & lead by example
- Come and work for Victoria's largest Health Service
- Full time Ongoing opportunity, Working business hours Monday - Friday
Our Journey
Monash Children’s Hospital continues our tradition of providing outstanding patient and family centred care in a purpose-built paediatric facility, delivering clinical services in a child and family-friendly environment. The Stepping Stones Adolescent Inpatient Unit is a 15 inpatient beds and 5 transition (day) beds Ward. It is a state of the art, purpose-built facility housed in the new Monash Children’s Hospital. The Unit offers Mental Health interventions to adolescents (aged 12 to 18) who present with acute and severe mental health problems, associated high risk factors and have difficulty maintaining their own safety and the safety of others.
About ELMHS
Early in Life Mental Health Service (ELMHS) is a place where young people who are experiencing emotional, behavioural or mental health problems can get help. ELMHS provides a range of mental health services to pregnant mothers, infants, children and adolescents and their families within the Southern Region.
About You
The Collaborative Transitional Care Worker is an experienced Mental Health Clinician with previous experience within a youth / adolescent mental health setting. You have exceptional communication and negotiation skills, are able to work & relate well with young people, related services and their families within the multidisciplinary team setting. You are also able to work both independently and at the same time work collaboratively with the various components of the ELMHS service. The role provides an opportunity to develop your capabilities of working within a diverse Early in Life Mental Health Setting; and extending your knowledge and skills at liaising with external agencies. We are looking for someone with:
- Qualifications and relevant registrations in at least one of the following: Nursing (Div. 1), , Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology.
- Capacity to work independently and lead a team
- A friendly and professional attitude
- Excellent engagement, relationship and therapeutic skills.
- Nurse – RPN 4 Year 1-3
- Social Worker – Grade 3 Year 1-4
- Speech Pathologist – Grade 3 Year 1-4
- OT – Grade 3 Year 1-4
An exciting and rare opportunity exists for a suitably qualified and experienced Clinician to work within the Early in Life Mental Health Services. The Collaborative Transitional Care Worker role for the Adolescent Unit is that of a full-time mental health clinician of any discipline (Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Speech Pathology and Nursing). The position does not operate as a bed manager, rather it is an integral part of the clinical processes for the unit and involves managing admission and discharges with referrers to ensure effective patient flow management and high-quality care. In addition to this, the key components of the role include:
- Receiving referrals for planned and unplanned admissions to the Adolescent Unit.
- Liaising with the referrer regarding appropriateness of the referral.
- Co-ordinate all preadmission meetings & liaising and providing consultation with internal and external service providers regarding admission and other treatment options.
- Working with the ANM /Nurse in Charge to assist in decision making in relation to Low Dependency (LDU)or Intensive Care Area (ICA) bed allocation
- Repatriation of Out of Area young people admitted to Stepping Stones to their appropriate unit.
- Conducting pre-consultation meetings with the referrer, the young person and relevant supports to ascertain treatment goals.
- Attend Care team meetings to support Community teams managing complex young people as part of comprehensive treatment planning as required.
- Establish and maintain close relationships with Paediatric Emergency Psychiatric Service and Paediatric Consultation Liaison
- Work closely with ELMHS community based services, YPARC and Unit 2 where required, building up a shared understanding of pathways into these services.
- Mentorship and career guidance
- Avenues to further develop your leadership and management skills
- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals
Monash Health is a great place to work
In 2022 Monash Health was nominated by LinkedIn as one of the top 25 organisations in Australia to grow your career. Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:
- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five iCare values.
How to Apply
Applications are only accepted that are submitted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).
For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please refer to attached ‘Application Guide’ located under Position Documents
Please note, applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date in early January.
Selection Criteria All relevant qualifications, registrations and licenses are essential.
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