Mental Health Clinician - Noogal Clinic

Reference Number: 40331: Mental Health Clinician - Noogal Clinic
Employment Type: On Going Full Time (FT)
Location: Northern Health (All Campuses)About Northern Health:As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour's drive from the CBD, Melbourne's North is fast becoming the place to be!We currently have ongoing positions available to work on a 7 days rotating roster with AM and PM shift - No night shifts.Acute Community Intervention Clinician: Ongoing Full-Time position. 7 days a fortnight. Based at Mill ParkJoin the Northern Area Mental Health Service today!Exciting opportunities exist for enthusiastic Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Psychologists or Mental Health Nurses to join the team Noogal Clinic Community Team at Northern Health.Noogal Clinic is an integrated community Mental Health service which provides recovery oriented Mental Health care to adults aged 16-65 years old within the Northern catchment. The team works with consumers residing in the community throughout the continuum of their care. Clinicians at Noogal Clinic use their clinical Mental Health knowledge, skills, expertise to the assessment, delivery of support, treatment and provision of targeted interventions to the consumers of the service.Whether your preference is to work full time or part time, we'd love to hear from you to discuss the roles we have available.The Role:

• Provide timely comprehensive recovery-oriented assessment, care and interventions in collaboration with consumers /carers/families.
• Ensure carers, family and significant others are engaged through our consumer's journey as appropriate.
• Provision of intensive community-based interventions and outreach support as clinically indicated to consumers and their families
• Work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Well-developed skills in writing and an ability to promptly prepare on the appropriate documentation for assessments, treatment plans, transition summaries and other forms of documentation.
• Participate in discipline specific clinical supervision and workload management. This will include attendance and participation at clinical review and other reflective spaces.
• Ensure contact hours are completed each month and entered into the appropriate data base.
• The acute community intervention clinician will be supported to utilise their discipline specific skills within their work and will have an active role in clinical review discussions, treating team reviews, completing of relevant documentation and participating in ongoing professional development.
• There is the option of portfolio/special interest work depending on clinician expertise/interest and needs of the team.

About you:

• Extensive experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability
• Capacity to undertake alcohol and other drug screening, assessment, treatment planning, brief interventions with consumers who have co-occurring Mental Health and substance use disorders
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with consumers, families/carers, colleagues and other service providers
• Ability to work with consumers, family and carers from a range of cultural backgrounds, and to provide gender sensitive services.

Next Steps . . .Please feel to visit the site and talk to staff to get a feel of the role and organisation. If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.For further details, please refer to the here.Alternatively, please contact:Ancy Joy - 0415537175, orTanya Wellington - 0428 512 107Applications close on 29 April 2024.Shortlisting will start right away for this vacancy. If an appropriate candidate is sourced, the advertising may close early, thus we advise you to apply right away.Why work at the Northern Health?We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, clickWork with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza and Covid-19.