Senior Mental Health Clinician OT Specialist Eating Disorders

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• Fixed term to June 2027
• Part time – 22.8 hours (3 days) per week
• Heidelberg location, with multiple public transport options
• Chance to work across youth and child community teams and in bed-based services.

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 Department

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. 

The Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS) sits within the Mental Health Division and 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 several teams currently working with those aged up to 25 years.

The position sits within the (ICYMHS) directorate and is located within the Specialist Eating Disorder Service (SEDS). SEDS provides expert clinical assessment, formulations and treatment recommendations to children and young people with eating disorders (aged 0- 25 years) and their families who are referred to
Austin Health’s ICYMHS.

About the role 

The Senior Mental Health Clinician OT provides clinical support in the expert clinical assessment and treatment to children and young people with eating disorders (aged 0 to 18 years) and their families who are referred to Austin Health’s ICYMHS.

The role joins other disciplines in working in a new 2 year In Home (outreach) Intensive Early Engagement and Treatment Service.  This service provides a step up in treatment for young people who are not responding to lower intensity community treatment and a step down from acute treatment in patient or residential units

The in-home program aims to deliver much needed community-based intensive eating disorder treatment for young people and their families’ carers and supporters in the Austin Health catchment area.

• Provide Occupational Therapy discipline specific expertise and leadership contributing to positive clinical outcomes for young people with eating disorders and the team’s capacity to provide a comprehensive formulation and diagnostic clarification.
• Work with the SEDS team to provide family and/or carer support including group programs in an outpatient setting

About you 

 To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Qualification in OT and current registration with the relevant professional board association/college.
• The minimum years of experience required for a senior role as per the EBA
• A strong capacity and commitment to working in eating disorders and supporting, mentoring and up skilling clinicians. 
• A commitment to ensuring safe, best-practice care that puts consumers at the heart of the service delivery. 

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 at Sandy.Robertson@austin.org.au

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

Application closing date: Monday 14 July 2025