Mental Health Clinician - Eating Disorde

Mental Health Clinician – Eating Disorders Stream

• Exciting new opportunity to join Orygen Specialist Program Eating Disorders team
• Part Time, ongoing multidisciplinary role – OT2, SW2, P2 and RPN3
• Multiple roles based in Sunshine with satellite services covering Werribee, Melton

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.
Our Eating Disorders Stream provides evidence-based interventions to young people experiencing severe Eating Disorders, and may present with a range of co-morbid Mental Health issues.
About your new role:

• Manage and undertake Mental Health and risk assessment, psychological treatment, crisis intervention, family work and systems containment, for the client/carers/system
• Provide high-quality clinical care based on clinical experience working with young people with serious mental illness
• Timely completion of Mental Health assessments including formulation, individual service plans, crisis management plans, outcome measures, documentation of client’s progress in client files, discharge summaries and contact sheets
• Provision of case management or family work to selected clients and associated documentation
• Manage clinical risk and actively work toward implementing risk reduction strategies
• Nurses will be required to undertake physical assessment and medical monitoring of clients attending the Eating Disorders stream

About You:

• Experience in clinical practice within the Mental Health field, including young people experiencing Eating Disorders
• Experience and expertise in providing acute Mental Health care management and/or Eating Disorder management
• Ability to develop, implement and evaluate client-centred individual service plans, risk assessments and diagnostic formulations
• Knowledge of the rationale and evidence for early intervention in mental illness

Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Programs:

• Join us during this inspiring time of growth and transformation – career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• 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.
For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencement.
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