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Reference Number 19860
Position Title Senior Psychologist Community Team
Location Waratah - Moonee Ponds
Award Psychologists [41]
Advertisement text 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. Melbourne Health-North Western Mental Health | INNER WEST AREA MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE - RMH | Adult Community Program - Waratah | Senior Clinical Psychologist | Full Time Position About the Role: An exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Clinical Psychologist to join the redesigned Adult Community Mental Health program at the Inner West Area Mental Health Service (IWAMHS) at Waratah Clinic. The Adult Community Service provides a range of acute, brief and longer term interventions to assist people with psychiatric disorders. Consumers and their family/carers will have access to care in the community to meet their needs and preferences, provided by an integrated Community Team in the relevant catchment area. Underpinned by a recovery-oriented approach, the Community Team will be responsible for providing crisis responses, targeted intervention (brief & longer term), and consultative responses to primary health care providers. Clinicians will work in partnership with consumers, carers, PDRSS and other services to provide best practice for recovery, using a range of evidence-based approaches. Enquires to Hannah Bloom (Community Team 2 Manager) on 9377 3400. 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. All appointments are made subject to satisfactory police records check. Melbourne Health values a diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. 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. *LI1
Contact Person Hannah Bloom
Contact Number 93773400
Alternate Contact Person Kerryn Devenish
Alternate Contact Number 93773400
Closing Date 04/06/2015
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