Senior ICYMHS Triage Clinician

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• Fantastic Opportunity to Join the ICYMHS Triage Team at Austin Health

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 state-wide.  We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our purpose, which is to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives. 

About Infant, Child, and Youth Mental Health Services

ICYMHS provides tertiary mental health services to the north-eastern catchment of Melbourne (currently the local government areas of Banyule, Boroondara, Darebin, Nillumbik, Whittlesea, and Yarra).  

About the Role

Seeking an experienced and creative senior mental health clinician for the ICYMHS Triage team. The team is a highly experienced, busy and vibrant multi disciplinary team within Austin's Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Directorate.   

This is an exciting time to join us here at Austin Health- ICYMHS bringing your expertise into this important area of work to ensure access to and delivery of great quality mental health care 

You will:

• Display a clear understanding of tertiary level access and referral processes and an expertise in the mental health needs of young people and their families
• Provide high quality, evidence-based clinical and risk assessment at point of referral
• Work closely within the multi-disciplinary team and the wider ICYMHS and Austin departments to ensure that referrals processes and access is responsive to the individual  needs of young consumers and their families.
• Support consumers to access mental health services and other relevant community resources to assist in their ongoing treatment and recovery.

About You

You will bring:

• A strong passion and background in supporting mental health and wellbeing of young people and their families.
• An extensive understanding of triage, risk and access principes within a recovery-focused model.
• Willingness to participate in ongoing training and supervision as part of your role.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to engage with referrers, young people, their carers and community alike.
• A commitment to ensuring safe, best-practice care that puts consumers at the heart of the decision-making process.

If you have strong  background in triage  and intake assessment and planning alongside significant mental health experience  and are keen to share your knowledge and ideas in service design and system change to benefit  Austin ICYMHS  then please consider the role.

We are very keen to have you on board.

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 benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

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. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the 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: Sue Wells at Sue.Wells@austin.org.au.

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

Application closing date: 02 February 2025