Forensic Clinical Specialist
RPN5/Allied Health 3
Part Time (O.5 EFT) Ongoing

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.

About the Role:
This exciting specialist role is a Department of Health initiative to improve the capacity of mental health workforce to work with consumers who have a forensic history or are at risk of offending. The successful applicant will undertake joint assessments of patients across both clinical and MHCSS services, deliver secondary consultation, education and training, and provide a key liaison function between the AMHS and correctional services system. A range of supports will be offered including a comprehensive orientation, training and supervision program, and access to knowledge and resources from the Forensic Mental Health Service

Key Accountabilities:
We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills, extensive clinical experience, the ability to provide advice regarding the management of complex high-risk behaviours, and interest and experience in the assessment and treatment of mental health consumers with co-existing forensic problems.

Essential Requirements for the Role:
Qualifications as relevant for each discipline

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.

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.

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