Senior Mental Health Clinician - Inner North Infant and Child Team

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• Fantastic Opportunity to Join the Inner North Infant & Child Team at Austin Health
• Full or part-time, permanent role

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 Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS)

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). Young people eligible for the service are predominantly aged 0-18 years with implementation underway to provide services for those aged up to 25 years. It is an exciting time for Austin as the ICYMHS directorate will be expanding in response to the recommendations from the Victorian Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health Services (2021).

About the role

The Senior Mental Health Clinician, Inner North Infant and Child Team, is an experienced mental health clinician who provides a high-quality clinical case management service that is informed by developmental, systemic and collaborative strength-based frameworks and expert clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment interventions to infants, children and their families.

The senior role is also required to lead, mentor and coach the grade 2's in the team in partnership with the Team Leader and provide discipline specific supervision to others across the organisation.

It’s an exciting time to join us at Austin ICYMHS as we navigate partnership work with the community to better support young people needing to access mental health supports

A regular day will see you:

• Assess and treat patients, liaising as appropriate with family members and caregivers to promote patient care
• Facilitate a coordinated approach to total patient management by working with other team members where required 
• Participate in continuing education activities
• Collaborate with multiple teams across the division

About you
You will be someone who has excellent communication skills and a strong commitment to excellence in direct care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

You’ll further have:

• A relevant qualification and current AHPRA registration
• The ability to provide treatment for a wide variety of mental health concern in children and adolescents
• The desire to work collaboratively as part of multidisciplinary team

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 at Sandy.ROBERTSON@austin.org.au

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

Application closing date: 15 June 2025