Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician/ Cl Psychiatry Nurse

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Reference Number 25012
Position Title Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician/CL Psychiatry nurse
Employment Type Ongoing Part Time, Ongoing Full Time
Service Centre for Women's Mental Health
Location Parkville
Salary $100,089.60 to $122,000.00
Position Summary
Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician/CL Psychiatry nurse ( 2 positions)
Seeking to appoint 1x parttime role (2 days per week)
The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care. Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.
About Social Model of Health
The Social Model of Health Division at the Women’s has responsibility for ensuring the hospital’s clinical and social support services are coordinated, aligned and leveraged to provide wrap around care for the women who need it most. In particular, the division has a focus on ensuring a woman’s social, economic, cultural, environmental, geographic, and other factors are taken into account in her care plan with the overall aim of reducing health inequalities and addressing systemic inadequacies that affect health access and outcomes.
Informed by a strong evidence base, the Social Model of Health Division works to ensure the Women’s can offer a continuum of care approach depending on the complexity of each women's clinical presentation and social circumstances. The division plays a key role in guiding and supporting a number of specialist services aswell as providing state-wide leadership and advocacy on a number of issues in this space.
This is a newly formed division bringing together a number of established and critical clinical and social services including;

• Women’s Mental Health Service
• Social Work
• Badjurr-Bulok Wilam - our Aboriginal Health Liaison Service
• Family Accommodation
• Spiritual Care
• Women’s Alcohol and Drug Services
• A range of highly specialised services focused on violence against women, including the Strengthening Hospital Response to Family Violence program, the Centre Against Sexual Assault service and the Sexual Assault Crisis Line
• The Cornelia Project, a new multi-agency service focused on providing residential care to homeless mothers and babies

With strong linkages and partnerships across the hospital and with several universities and research leaders, there is future scope to influence the research agenda across the Women’s and elsewhere, and to draw upon the considerable in-house expertise to raise profile and awareness of this important work.
Your contribution
In this role you will be a critical member of Women's Mental Health Service (WMHS) alongside a small team of psychiatrists and psychologists. The WMHS is located within the Social Model of Health (SMOH) Division and we work closely with our other SMOH colleagues. This role requires you to be a pivotal member of the Women's Mental Health team. The role triages all Outpatient referrals from and ensures that women are appropriately connected with either internal Mental Health services or external providers for management/treatment/support of their current Mental Health issue. the Clinician will provide support to staff round the care of complex inpatient and outpatient presentations and is activelyinvovled in education for our non Mental Health colleagues.
In the future it is envisaged that this role, in partnership with the Social Work team, will develop and implement a system of triage across psychiatry, psychology and social work channeling referrals to the most appropriate psychosocial clinician (Mental Health or social work). The position offers an exciting opportunity for the incumbent to assist with the development of new systems of multidiciplinary care across the Social Model of Health Division.
About you
To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Appropriate Post Graduate qualification(s) in Mental Health (Nursing, Psychology, Allied Health) or equivalent such as - specialist undergraduate psychiatric nursing program, specialist post basic course of training which led to registration as a Division 3 nurse
• If a registered health practitioner, a current registration with the relevant board through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
• If a health practitioner, current registration with the relevant professional body (e.g. Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW))
• A number of years post qualification experience suitable to the requirements of the role
• High level of clinical expertise in the application of Mental Health skills
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Mental Health issues within the maternity and/or women’s health setting
• Demonstrated experience in the provision and delivery of education and training to non-Mental Health clinicians
• Experience in working within a triage model of Mental Health care delivery
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and effectively as part of the multidisciplinary team and with multiple key stake holders.

Our benefits
At the Women’s you will enjoy a culture that is collaborative, supportive and passionate about learning. We have a strong sense of purpose, and engage in meaningful work every day. We offer our people a range of rewarding benefits, including:

• $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted financial, lifestyle and health options, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Public transport options at our doorstep and end of journey facilities for cyclists
• Onsite childcare centre and breastfeeding rooms
• Mentoring, learning and career development opportunities

Inclusion and belonging
The Women’s celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, physically, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, and people of any age to apply for our roles. We are committed to gender equity principles, and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women and family violence matters. We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited.
Join us!
If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check, a Working with Children Check and three COVID-19 vaccinations, and may include a range of additional vaccinations including influenza, as required by the Department of Health. If you need assistance or require any reasonable adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, you are welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.
Selection Criteria Essential: If you are a Registered Health Practitioner - do you have a current professional registration with the relevant professional Board of Australia (e.g. Registration with the Nursing Board of Australia and listed with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA))?
Essential: If you are a Health Practitioner - do you have a current registration with the relevant professional body for your discipline (e.g. Australian Association of Social workers (AASW))?
Essential: Have you completed an appropriate Post Graduate qualification(s) in Mental Health (Nursing, Psychology, Allied Health) or equivalent such as - specialist undergraduate psychiatric nursing program, specialist post basic course of training which led to registration as a Division 3 nurse?
Essential: Do you have number of years post qualification experience suitable to the requirements of this role?
Desirable: Do you have a Masters in Mental Health (or working towards) or equivalent suitable qualification aligned to the requirements of this role?
Essential: Do you have experience working in Women's Mental Health?
Essential: Do you have previous experience in a Mental Health Consultation Liaison Clinician role?
Desirable: Do you have any other relevant post graduate degree or diploma?
Contact Person Marie-Paule Austin
Contact Number (03) 8345 2075
Contact Email marie-paule.austin@thewomens.org.au
Alternate Contact Person Clare Manning-Hall
Alternate Contact Number (03) 8345 2075
Alternate Contact Email clare.manning@thewomens.org.au
Closing Date 28/01/2024
Position Description PD - CLPN 29 August2023final.pdf
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