Exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Clinician | North West Area Mental Health Service | Coburg Community Team | Part Time / 56 Hours per fortnight
About the Role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, highly motivated and adaptable Community Mental Health Clinician to work with the NWAMHS - Coburg Community Mental Health Team. We are seeking a clinician with at least 2 years of clinical experience that has an interest in utilising their exceptional skills across the range of mental health assessments and treatments using a Recovery focus of care.
The Coburg Community Mental Health Team is an integral program of North West Area Mental Health service. We provide services for adults whom are experiencing mental illness who require either short, medium or longer term support or care. Consumers reside in the City of Moreland & Hume.
Essential Requirements for the Role:
The successful applicant will have a sound working knowledge of the recovery framework and Mental Health Act 2014 along with other relevant legislations. The successful applicant will be able to provide comprehensive psychiatric assessment, monitoring and treatment to an allocated case load of clients.
This position is primarily based with the rostered function of the team providing assessment and intervention to consumers in a brief episode of care as well as holding a small caseload of consumers requiring longer term care. This position requires working a rotating roster including evening and weekend work.
Why Melbourne Health?
Melbourne Health is a values based organisation. A career with us is a rewarding experience, offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement. We also offer:
• Salary Packaging
• Reward & Recognition Programs
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; staff gym, staff health service, peer support program and EAP
• Discounted Staff Parking
Successful applicants must provide either a certified copy of a current Working with Children Check Card or evidence of having made an application for a WWC Check Card upon commencement.
At Melbourne Health we are committed to Aboriginal employment and encourage all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply. Karreeta (grow) Yirramboi (tomorrow).We value a diverse workforce and encourage applications from all culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Welcome to Melbourne Health:
Melbourne Health is an award winning health care service and is Victoria’s second largest public health service. We provide comprehensive acute, sub-acute, general, specialist medical and mental health services through both inpatient and community based facilities through the following services: The Royal Melbourne Hospital – City Campus, The Royal Melbourne Hospital – Royal Park Campus, NorthWestern Mental Health, RMH Kidney Care Service and Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory.
NorthWestern Mental Health (NWMH) provides a comprehensive, integrated range of services to people with a serious mental illness in North-Western Melbourne. A multi-disciplinary workforce of 1,800 staff provides services through four Area Adult Mental Health Services (North West, Mid West, Inner West and Northern), an Aged Persons’ Mental Health Program and a Youth Mental Health Service – ORYGEN Youth Health. NWMH is a clinical service of Melbourne Health and operates in partnership with Northern Health and Western Health.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory police records check. Successful applicants will also be required to provide a record of Immune Status to vaccine preventable diseases or evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.