Community Mental Health Senior Clinician / Team Leader

• Join Victoria’s largest and leading mental health organisation NorthWestern Mental Health
• A position for Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Registered Psychiatric Nurses and Psychologists
• Full Time Fixed Term position - Flexible working arrangements negotiable

The Inner West Area Mental Health Service offers a vibrant, dynamic, collaborative  and supportive work environment. We are a passionate group of people who love to work hard offering evidenced based services. We specialise in providing consumers and carers with serious mental illness assessment, diagnosis and appropriate evidenced based treatment. You will help us achieve the highest standards of care and recovery for our consumers. In return, you will be supported to undertake continuous professional development and enjoy the work that you do

Your new role: 

• Deliver evidenced based treatment and interventions that support consumers with complex mental health related needs and their families/carers
• Support the team and other staff in clinical decision making
• Drive self-development; contribute expertise in clinical meetings and to improve service delivery
• Participate in supervision and provide supervision to students and colleagues as required
• Actively lead in discipline specific and multidisciplinary team activities and meetings
• Provide expert opinion regarding diagnostic impressions, formal diagnostic assessments, feedback on process considerations and treatment planning considerations/advice

Your Contribution

• You must have a qualification as a Social Worker, Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Clinical Psychologist with minimum of 5 years’ experience in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability (7 years for Social Work)
• You are committed to developing your practice as a professional in clinical mental health
• You are able to contribute and function effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team and enjoy working autonomously
• You are confident in the provision of support and treatment for people experiencing drug and alcohol related issues and their families.
• Hold a current Victorian Driver’s Licence, and ongoing ability to use this form of transport

Benefit of working with the NorthWestern Mental Health

• 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.