• Opportunity to develop your leadership experience
• NorthWestern Mental Health, St Albans Community Care Unit
• Full Time, Fixed term until 17 November 2017 - 80 hours per fortnight including ADO

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to be part of a well - regarded, service focused team working towards a recovery- orientated practice within a residential setting.

This key role leads a small yet dynamic multidisciplinary team of Allied Health and Nursing professionals, supporting a 20 bedded residential facility with 24 hour nursing support. Providing care to adults between the ages of 16-64 years of age, St Albans Community Care residents require intensive recovery orientated treatment and interventions that are unable to be provided by less intensive community services. 

The team is looking for an enthusiastic, motivated Team Leader to provide professional nursing leadership. As a Team Leader will not only provide leadership to the team but also a recovery focus interventions in the management of consumers residing at the CCU. The position will contribute to the efficient and effective operation of the St Albans CCU and, as team leader, will provide direction, supervision and leadership for the clinical team, and assist to coordinate the work to be undertaken on a day-to-day basis. As a Team Leader you will work in collaboration with the Program Manager to ensure the continuous improvement of the service. This position is also professionally responsible to the Area Discipline Senior for all matters relating to discipline specific practice.

Essential Requirements for the Role:

• Experience in the severe mental illness and psychiatric disability
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with consumers, families/carers, colleagues and other service providers
• Commitment to ongoing professional development for self
• Well-developed skills in writing and an ability to promptly prepare required forms of documentation.
• An understanding of the policies and procedures associated with the Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation
• Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Ability to work with consumers, family and carers from a range of cultural backgrounds, and to provide gender sensitive services
• Familiarity with a range of computer software packages including the Microsoft platform
• Successfully undergo a Police Records and Working With Children’s Check for pre-employment screening
• A current Victorian Driver’s License, and ongoing ability to use this form of transport

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.