Community Clinician - 26+

• Opportunity to join a small multidisciplinary team at Warragul Community Mental Health. Enjoy training and career opportunities across the region of Gippsland.

Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for a Community Mental Health Clinician to join our Warragul 26+ adult team on a full time, ongoing basis.
Warragul Community Mental Health team supports the needs West Gippsland Community, supports clients, experiencing mental health crisis, and their families and children, through recovery.
The Community Mental Health Clinician is responsible for undertaking a full range of clinical duties including the provision of recovery orientated care, comprehensive assessments, care coordination, evidenced based treatment, psycho-education and family collaboration.
LRH employees enjoy access to:

• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
• Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
• Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
• Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
• Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff

We are looking for candidates with:

• Registered Nurse with postgraduate qualifications in Mental Health Nursing
• Social Worker with appropriate mental health experience
• Occupational Therapist or Psychologist, registered with APHRA
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team

For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact John Witschi on (03) 5624 3600 for a confidential discussion.
About LRH
LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award. This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.
We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $217 million expansion nearing completion, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
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Diversity and Inclusion
We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted on (03) 5173 8653.
IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.
Selection Criteria Essential: Fully Vaccinated against COVID-19
Essential: Full Drivers License
Contact Person John Witschi
Contact Number (03) 5624 3600
Alternate Contact Person Fiona Werry
Alternate Contact Number (03) 5624 3600
Closing Date 08/04/2024