Registered Nurse, Mental Health | Social Worker | Occupational Therapist | Clinical Psychologist | RPN3 | AH2 | P/T Fixed Term Contracts

• Flexible working arrangements, work life balance with 0.6 : Mon-Fri and opportunity to try something different
• Located at Melton Community Health, locatd right near freeway easy commute
• Co-located with Community health, family  and drug and alcohol services
• Supportive team

Life with us:

The Outer Community Team at MidWest Area Mental Health Service are a welcoming and supportive diverse group of multi-disciplinary clinicians who value the specific contributions of nurses to the treatment of our consumers with often challenging and complex mental health presentations.  We will provide the opportunity to work in an integrated community model of care that offers you flexible work hours over 7 days a week with a combination of acute / brief interventions and ongoing / longer term clinical care depending on your individual areas of experience and interest.

A Job to be Proud of:

• Provide recovery oriented assessment and interventions in collaboration with consumers/ carers/families.
• Assist in the provision of primary, secondary and tertiary consultation services, community development and education, liaison and linkage to other agencies that also provide support to people with mental illnesses as required.
• Ensure all client centred activities are accurately documented in the appropriate format within the clinical patient file in a timely manner.
• Work in collaboration with your multi-disciplinary mental health team.

Your Commitment:

• Hold a relevant clinical qualification, and display demonstrated skills in the principles and practice of working with people presenting mental health issues.
• Present a minimum of 2 years’ experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with consumers, families/carers, colleagues and other service providers
• Knowledge of relevant evidence based treatment models and interventions for high and low prevalence psychiatric illnesses 
• Capacity to undertake alcohol and other drug screening, assessment, treatment planning, brief interventions with clients who have co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders

Our Commitment to You:

• Become part of the large NWMH Nursing workforce and the MWAMHS Outer Community Team with a well-established and cohesive nursing leadership group
• NWMH boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development.
• We are a values based organisation. A career with us is a rewarding experience, offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement
• Attractive salary and working conditions including annual and CPD leave, salary packaging
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; staff health service, peer support program and EAP
• Reward & Recognition Programs

Interested?

Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity, ethical practice, and the principles of Cultural Diversity and social inclusion.  Offers subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.