Senior Mental Health Clinician

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• Make an impact on the lives of young people, their families and carers  
• Applications encouraged from Social Worker (GR3), Occupational Therapist, Psychologist (Grade 2) or Registered Psychiatric Nurses (Grade 4), Speech Therapist (GR3)
• Full-time permanent opportunity, located at Austin Hospital in Heidelberg  

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 Child Inpatient Unit   
The Child Inpatient Unit (CIPU) is part of Austin Health’s Infant Child and Youth Mental Health Services (ICYMHS). We care for children from metropolitan and regional Victoria, NSW and Tasmania at present. The CIPU is a 12-bed unit which provides specialist inpatient psychiatric assessment and treatment for young people up to the age of 12 years with severe emotional and/or behavioural disturbance. Our community teams are currently based primarily at Austin Hospital in Heidelberg.

About the role  
As the Senior Mental Health Clinician, you will provide high quality expert clinical care and case management to young people, their families and carers referred for an admission into the CIPU. 

A regular day will see you:

• Providing high quality, evidence-based clinical assessment, risk formulation and treatment at an individual or systems level, as indicated by clinical need.
• Coordinating referrals and admissions for children and families in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Providing psychosocial assessment, treatment and case management in the context of a multidisciplinary work environment.
• Clear understanding of the principles of recovery-orientated, trauma-informed, family-centred and collaborative care and expertise in engaging children, their families and carers within clinical settings.
• Developing effective and purposeful professional relationships with the family, carers and treating outpatient teams and external agencies.

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

You’ll further have:

• Demonstrated knowledge of working in Victorian public health care and child protection systems.
• Related discipline of psychology, nursing, social work, occupational therapy or speech therapy with current Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) where applicable.
• Psychologists must be registered with a specialist endorsement in Clinical Psychology, Clinical Neuropsychology or Forensic Psychology.
• Nurses must have a Post Graduate Qualification in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing or equivalent.
• Social Workers must be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
• A current, unrestricted Victorian Driver’s Licence.
   

Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. You will be rewarded with consistent high-quality staff supervision, both in group settings and one-on-one, regular team reflection sessions with your multidisciplinary team, facilitated by a highly qualified external supervisor, and access to a designated space where you can take time to re-regulate using time/space and sensory techniques during challenging moments.

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 discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport and car parking 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. 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 or have questions about this opportunity, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Sandra Chirume-Chiguma, Nurse Unit Manager - Child Inpatient Unit, at Sandra.CHIRUME-CHIGUMA@austin.org.au

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Friday 12 June 2025