Mental Health Clinician

Position Details

Reference Number 45255
Position Title Mental Health Clinician
Employment Status Permanent Full Time
Location Off Site, Austin Hospital
Department / Ward / Clinical Area mental health
Hours per Week 38.00
Position Summary

• Full time Mental Health Clinician (SW, OT, SP, Psych, Nursing)
• Salary packaging + super (pro-rata for part time)

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the North East of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic and highly experienced Mental Health Clinician to join our Inner North East Community Outpatient Team at Austin Health Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS).

The Inner North East Community Outpatient Team is a large, vibrant team who pride ourselves on being holistic in our approach to supporting young people and their families/carers. If you feel that you can contribute to supporting young people and this team with your knowledge and skills in mental health assessment and therapy, we would love to hear from you.

Summary of position requirements

· Provide direct service in the clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children, adolescents and families utilizing CYMHS treatment modalities. This may include: general case-management; individual, parenting, family and group therapy; single-session intervention; family therapy for eating disorders; health promotion and other professional development/capacity building activities.

· To provide secondary consultation to primary and other specialist service providers on behalf of the services

· To work well within a multi-disciplinary team service model.

· To participate in team quality improvement initiatives, departmental research and evaluation activities and to fill other portfolio responsibilities on behalf of the team and department as may be required.

All applications must address all key selection criteria to be shortlisted.

Person's from Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies and abilities. We welcome and support applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, physically or culturally diverse, LGBTQIA+, and people of any age.

Work with us!

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to the hiring manager.