Nurse Senior Clinician - Eating Disorders

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• Nurse Senior Clinician SEDS (Specialist Eating Disorders)
• Ongoing, part time position working 22.8 hours per week (flexible hours)
• Make a meaningful impact supporting patients, their families and carers

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 Mental Health Division  

The Mental Health Division provides care and services through a comprehensive range of teams to meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers throughout Victoria. Services are across Adult and Child and Adolescent and can be bed based or located in the community.  

All mental health services work within a clinical framework that promotes recovery-oriented practice and supported decision making. This approach to consumer wellbeing builds on the strengths of the individual working in partnership with their treating team. It encompasses the principles of self-determination and individualized treatment and care.  

About the role 

The Senior Nurse Clinician is a specialist senior clinical role combining experience of both physical and mental health nursing. 

Key components of the role involve the following: providing clinical eating disorder physical health monitoring and assessment, triaging, participating in SSI’s, providing treatment planning recommendations across physical and emotional health domains, and supporting and capacity building ICYMHS case managers in their recovery work with families and young people fostering self- determination and hope.  

It is a leadership role with mentoring of staff to skill develop their confidence and expertise in this area. You will be working with a supportive, energetic and committed team of professionals who are passionate about providing best practice care for young people with an eating disorder and their families and carers.   

You will enjoy continuing education and quality improvement strategy which is developed through leadership forums and committees.  

A regular day will see you:   

• Engage with the staff in the specialist area of eating disorders 

• Support staff in the Community teams in the assessment, treatment and care co-ordination of young people with eating disorder in both clinical and outreach settings 

• Provide primary and secondary mental health consultation.  

• Provide tertiary mental health educational activities to ICYMHS staff and others. 

About you 

To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:

• Relevant professional post graduate qualification in psychiatric/mental health nursing or equivalent and current registration with AHPRA.
• A current Victorian Driver’s License (without restrictions), and ability to drive a work vehicle.
• A current Working with Children’s Check (without restrictions)
• Demonstrated expert level of knowledge/experience of child- and family-centered care, recovery- centered care and collaborative clinical practice (particularly in relation to young people with eating disorders).
• Knowledge of, and experience in delivering, a range of crisis intervention and management strategies (at a senior clinician level).

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. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Sandy Robertson, Program Manager Central at Sandy.Robertson@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details. 

Application closing date: Friday 29 August 2025