Senior Mental Health Clinician
- ICYMHS - Senior Mental Health Clinician, Inner North Infant and Child Team
- Full-time position available (38 hours)
- Heidelberg location and off site
About Austin Health
The ICYMHS department is committed to promoting the highest levels of mental health care for our patients. In realising this goal, the department will lead and excel in research, teaching and the use of person-centred evidence-based practice. The department provides services on all three campuses of Austin Health, from the Emergency Department through to bed-based services and ongoing ambulatory care.
About the role
The Senior Mental Health Clinician 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. You’ll join a friendly , collaborative and supportive team of professionals who genuinely enjoy their work and the contribution they make both to children and their families and to the wider community.. Exciting opportunity to join the Infant and Child Team as the program develops its services to the community.
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:
- Generous salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
- 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
- Five weeks annual leave, plus purchased leave options
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 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: 4 December 2024
