Clinician

•  We have a position available in our dynamic team for a Clinician (Occupational Therapist Grade 2, Social Worker Grade 2 or Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 3)
• Ongoing Part Time Position (0.74 EFT)
• Based in Hume Community Team, North West Area Mental Health Service 

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

As one of the largest health services in Victoria, and a team of more than 10,000 strong, we provide a comprehensive range of specialist medical, surgical, and mental health services; as well as rehabilitation, aged care, outpatient and community programs. We are a designated state-wide provider for services including trauma, and we lead centres of excellence for tertiary services in several key specialties including neurosciences, nephrology, oncology, cardiology and virtual health.  

Surrounded by a Parkville Precinct of brilliant thinkers, we collaborate to set new benchmarks in health excellence – benchmarks that impact across the globe. While the work we do takes us in inspiring new directions; caring for each other, our patients and consumers is as essential to who we are, as any scientific breakthrough we make. We put people first - leading with kindness and working together, we excel as one Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Your new team

• Hume Community Team – Wellness and Recovery is a unique team providing clinical mental health care to residents of Hume (except for Bulla and Sunbury) across the lifespan
• We have a dedicated child and adolescent team, intake (triage service), aged response as well as a community development team that works on health promotion and illness prevention
• Clinicians working at Hume Community Team – Wellness and Recovery spend 80% of their time in one function of our service and 20% in another.  This position will spend 80% of the time in the roster function, inclusive of the intensive stream 20% of time another program/portfolio
• The Hume Community Team – Wellness and Recovery, provides quality mental health services to the people of Hume.  We are based at Broadmeadows Health Service and Craigieburn Health Service
• We believe that good mental health is achievable for all regardless of their starting point
• Our services include health promotion and planning, prevention, early intervention and treatment

Your success in this role, will be in your ability to

• Check-in with team members
• Attend handover or clinical review
• Formulate a work management plan for the day
• Support a select group of consumers whose needs require very regular communication, support and treatment to enable to have mastery over their symptoms and situation
• Respond to crisis as they arise
• Communicate outcomes to the team

Your Contribution

•  Knowledge of Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation
• Commitment to working with service users from various ethnic backgrounds
• Capacity to support the development of other team members while working as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Skills in liaison, collaboration and negotiation with other service providers, service users and carer groups and other community agencies
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development

Our Commitment to you

Here at The RMH we strive for excellence with a strong purpose that defines the work we do for our community – Advancing health for everyone, every day. This is the Melbourne Way.   

We believe our success comes from our people. We’re committed to the RMH being a great place to work and a great place to receive care. We have made a long-term commitment to strengthen our organisational culture through leadership, education and empowering our staff to Speak Up for themselves and each other.

This is a role where your passion and expertise can come together to create a truly defining career opportunity. It is a unique opportunity to help us transform the future of the RMH and ultimately ensure we continue to deliver world class healthcare. 

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?

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 prior to commencement.