Senior Clinician– Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement
- Part time role working 0.8EFT on a rotating roster
- Post Discharge Mental Health Support Program based at Royal Melbourne Hospital
- Support individuals experiencing mental health crisis in a supportive environment
This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurses and Grade 3 Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists.
The Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement (HOPE) team represents one of two clinical Post Discharge Mental Health Support Programs offered by IWAMHS. The Engage program supports individuals who present to the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) Emergency Department (ED) in mental health crisis and who are not referred to community mental health services. HOPE has been developed to provide support to individuals discharged from the Royal Melbourne Hospital Emergency Department, medical ward or inpatient unit following a suicide attempt or displaying serious suicide ideation, intent or planning.
Your new role:
- Contribute to short term intensive and individualised therapeutic care and psychosocial support whilst working collaboratively with consumers, carers and families to provide outreach assistance that aims to achieve their goals.
- Develop and maintain effective referral relationships with supporting organisations for clients that assist in reaching recovery goals.
About you:
- Possess formal qualifications and registration as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Social Worker.
- Demonstrate a strong understanding of mental illness and the assessment of disorders including relevant legislation pertinent to the role.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills.
- You enjoy working and supporting others.
- You have a demonstrated ability to engage individuals or families through telephone, face to face or online meetings in an empathic manner.
Benefit of working with the Royal Melbourne Hospital/NorthWestern Mental Health:
- Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.
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.
IWAMHS is part of NorthWestern Mental Health which boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development.
Interested?
If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.
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 and COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencement.