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Northern Health Australia

Community Mental Health Clinician - ACIS Merri-bek (Coburg)

PART TIME

November 19, 2024

About Northern Health:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Northern Health is located in the rapidly growing northern suburbs with projected growth the biggest in the state. With a booming, culturally rich and diverse community, and less than an hour’s drive from the CBD, Melbourne’s North is fast becoming the place to be!

The Role:
An opportunity exists for a suitably experienced Community Mental Health Clinician (Grade Two Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/Clinical Psychologist or Grade 3 registered Psychiatric Nurse) to join the Merri-bek Community Team located in Coburg within Northern Health’s Mental Health Division.

The Merri-bek Community team is a large, supportive and dynamic public mental health team made up of staff that are truly passionate and motivated in supporting consumers and their families/carers. We provide a comprehensive range of specialist mental health services to people who reside in the local government area of Moreland and Hume.

We are recruiting for a Mental Health Clinician to work within the Acute Community Intervention Service (ACIS) function of the team. This role is working predominately shift work providing acute assessment and intervention to consumers and their families/carers in both an in-reach and outreach capacity. The clinicians working within ACIS work with a shared caseload of acute consumers and provide evidence based, recovery focused interventions to support and improve the lives of the consumers and carers of our service. The clinicians working within ACIS will also provide short-term intensive support for up to 3 months for appropriate consumers and be identified as the key contact person for ACIS consumers.

This position involves working shift work 7 days per week between the hours of 8.30am and 10.30pm. This position is part time 56 hrs/fortnight

To be successful in this role you will have:

The appropriate qualifications as a Grade 2 Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Grade 3 Registered Psychiatric Nurse.
At least two years experience post qualification
Passion about contributing positively to the lives of consumers with mental illness and their families
Experience in the provision of Psychiatric assessment and intervention for consumers with a mental illness - preferably in a public mental health setting but this is not essential
Ability to provide general and discipline specific mental health assessment and intervention
Ability to work as part of a team but also able to work autonomously

Next Steps . . .
If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you.
For further details, please contact: Tanya Goodison, Program Manager, or Maria Stevens Team Leader on 9355 9700, alternatively, please refer to the Position Description for additional information.

Applications close 4 December 2024
Why work at the Northern Health?

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive’ program
Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
An inclusive and culturally safe space
State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs’
Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service’s Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.

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