Key Clinician – RPN 3, OT2, SW2 ,P2

Northern Area Mental Health Services Community Team North (Located at The Northern Hospital in Epping)

Full Time 80 hours per fortnight including ADO

About Us:

North Western 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.

The Opportunity:

An exciting opportunity now exits for an enthusiastic and experienced community psychiatric nurse to join the redesigned Adult Community Mental Health program at Community Team North part of the Northern Area Mental Health Service (NAMHS).

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, MHCSS and other services to provide best practice for recovery, using a range of evidence-based approaches.

What we can offer you:

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

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.

Applicants:

All appointments are made subject to satisfactory police records check.

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.

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. 

Enquiries:

Patrick Roe (Community Team North Manager) or James Ryan (Community Team North Team Leader) on 9408 9510