Mental Health / AOD Clinician
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- Mental Health/AOD Clinician permanent part time for Mental Health Statewide Partnering Provider- Hamilton Centre
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Hamilton Centre
Austin Health and Goulburn Valley Health Partner Provider Service follows a shared, stepped care model, with the client remaining under the direct care of the referring healthcare provider and/or team throughout the duration of service. The Austin Health and Goulburn Valley Health Partner Provider Service further supports a collaborative approach to client care, to enhance the capacity and response of referring healthcare providers and teams, clients and carers to better manage substance use and addiction issues within the eastern population.
This service has been established to provide primary and secondary consultation to people living with co-occurring disorders, who are engaged with AOD services, primary and secondary care services, local mental health and wellbeing services and area mental health services in the northeast region, as its core activities
About the role
The Hamilton Centre RPN3 will work collaboratively with the Program Manager, Nurse Practitioner and Consultants working with consumers with co-occurring mental health and substance use or addiction needs, including therapeutic and clinical supports. Support virtual appointments where this expedites and supports access to care without reducing clinical quality.
The Hamilton Centre provides primary and secondary addiction medicine assessments, along with capacity building for all area mental health and well-being services, local mental health services and AOD services across Loddon Mallee (Bendigo Health and Mildura Base Hospitals), Hume (Goulburn Valley Health and Albury Wodonga Health) and Northeast Metro (Austin Health). The Hamilton Centre RPN3 assists in referral intake, coordinating consumer flow, delivering education sessions to mental health and AOD teams and provide support to stakeholders for integrated care between mental health and AOD services.
About you
You will be able to establish linkages and liaison with community partnering services and all stakeholders involved. You will have the ability to accept and triage referrals from our regional partners via Turning Point and to coordinate referrals appropriately.
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
- Registered Nurse registered with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency
- Knowledge of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and other relevant legislation.
- Relevant professional qualification in Mental Health nursing
- Demonstrated knowledge of recovery and collaborative clinical practice
- A consumer centered approach to care
- A flexible, innovative team-oriented approach to service delivery
- Proficiency in information technology systems and applications (Office 365, search engines, databases, etc.)
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Allison Page, Program Manager at Allison.PAGE@austin.org.au.
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 16 August 2026
