• Work with the team at North West Community Mental Health
• Located in Coburg
• Provide assessment and treatment of consumers with complex mental health related needs
  
• Part Time, Fixed Term - 56 hours per fortnight (secondment backfill position)

Life with Us:

The North West Community Mental Health Team Coburg is an integral program of North West Area Mental Health service. We provide services for people, who are experiencing mental illness who require short, medium or longer term support and care. Consumers reside in the City of Moreland and Hume

A Job to Be Proud Of:

• Provide assessment and treatment of consumers with complex mental health related needs and their family/carers, and support other clinicians in the delivery of high quality mental health care
• Focus on medication support to consumers and their families/carers in their home environment
• Provide follow up appointments, prescriptions and clinical handover to treating team when required
• Support clinicians with medication administration for their consumers
• Home visits to consumers’ home for the purpose of supervising medication and assessing mental state
• Undertake education or training on interventions relating to adherence
• Medication & physical health related projects
• Undertake physical health screenings & assessments of consumers

Your Contribution:

• Highly motivated
• Sound clinical skills with an understanding of the recovery framework
• Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act its amendments and other relevant legislation
• Knowledge of and experience in community liaison and the development of community networks
• Demonstrated capacity for initiative and an ability to work appropriately with limited direction
• Relevant clinical qualification, knowledge and demonstrated skills in the principles and practice of working with people with severe psychiatric disorder
• Skills in liaison, collaboration and negotiation with other service providers, consumers and carer groups and other community agencies
• Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development

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 annual and CPD leave, salary sacrifice
• Reward & Recognition Programs
• Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; Staff Gym, staff health service, peer support  program and Employee Assistance Programs
• Rich opportunities for professional development, training and research

Connect With Us:

 Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.

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