- Senior Clinician - Youth Access Team (YAT)
- Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 4
- Full Time, Fixed Term Position until May 2021
About Us:
- 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
A Job to Be Proud Of:
- YAT is at the forefront of the Orygen Youth Health service and provides triage, assessments, crisis response and community treatment
- Be part of the senior leadership group of the Youth Access Team
- Work with young people aged 15-24 years within the North and North West of Melbourne
- Provide clinical supervision to a small number of clinicians
- Multi-disciplinary team, working on a rotating roster, with an on-call component
- The successful applicant will be based at Footscray but may be required to work from all Orygen Youth Health sites which include Parkville, Sunshine and Glenroy
Your Contribution:
- Experience in Youth Mental Health, Early Intervention, and psychiatric Triage / CATT or psychiatric emergency servies EMH / PACER is essential.
- Experience at senior clinician level is essential.
- Competent clincial supervison skills.
- Approved tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline.
- Eligibility for membership of the appropriate professional body and eligibility to work in Australia are essential.
Our Commitment to You:
- We are a values based organisation, a career with us is a rewarding experience offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement
- NorthWestern Mental Health boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development
- Attractive salary and working conditions including salary sacrifice
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; staff gym, staff health service, peer support program and EAP
- Discounted Staff Parking
Connect With Us:
Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.
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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.