Title:  Senior Clinician Box Hill Early Psychosis Team

Senior Clinician Box Hill Early Psychosis Team

• Fixed-Term Part-time | 60.8 hours per fortnight | Parental leave cover March 2025 - March 2026
• Carrington Road Box Hill | Local Car Parking | Close to shops
• Dynamic and innovative team | Work autonomously

Eastern Health
Eastern Health is one of Melbourne’s largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services and have a proud history of serving a diverse community.
Our Healthier Together promise underpins our strategic plan – which is to serve the growing and changing needs of our community and to care about and develop our staff. We believe our people make the difference. The Box Hill Early Psychosis team, part of the Infant Child Youth & Family Mental Health Service (ICYMHS).The multi-disciplinary Early Psychosis team aims to enhance early recognition, and reduce the duration and/or impact of first episode psychosis for children and young people aged 0 – 25 years and their families.   

About the role

The Senior Mental Health Clinician will provide a key leadership role within a multidisciplinary Early Psychosis Community Team, which is part of the Eastern Health, Mental Health Program, Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS). To work as part of a multidisciplinary community team in the provision of high quality mental health assessment, case management and clinical treatment and interventions for children, young people and their families presenting with first episode psychosis. As a Senior Clinician, the incumbent will have considerable experience in mental health services and have a commitment to ongoing professional and service delivery development. The incumbent will work in partnership with the Team Leader to provide consistent and effective clinical and operational leadership. The incumbent will additionally be involved in the ongoing strategic development and implementation of enhancements to the model of care for children, youth and families, ensuring practice is in line with contemporary, evidenced based mental health models of care such as the EPPIC Model and current Victorian State Government initiatives, including the Recovery Oriented Framework. The incumbent will actively support the maintenance of a positive culture within the Box Hill Early Psychosis Team and broader ICYMHS service.  
 

About you 
To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Current Clinical Psychology, Occupational Therapy or Registered Psychiatric Nurse registration with AHPRA; for Social Work, eligibility for membership of AASW 
• At least five years clinical experience working with children or young people
• A strong commitment to high quality care 
• The ability to work as part of a diverse team 
• Excellent communication and organisational skills 

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.  An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here!

• Diverse and engaging career opportunities
• Friendly & supportive team
• Flexible working hours
• Salary packaging options
• Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps
Apply online if you feel we are a good match, you have the skills and qualities to make a difference, and are eligible to work in Australia.

We review all applications when we receive them, and we notify unsuccessful candidates.

If you are shortlisted, we will be in touch to arrange an interview, and you must complete a National Police Check (which we will pay for). We will notify unsuccessful candidates.

Good to know:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and actively promote equality for people of all races, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and for people living with disability – within the communities we serve and our Eastern Health team.
• We provide a culturally safe and welcoming environment for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employees.
• As a child-safe organisation, we ensure child safety and wellbeing is embedded in our everyday culture.
• Vaccination and screening for immunity to vaccine-preventable disease is a mandatory requirement of this role.
• Advertising may end before the closing date.
• We do not accept recruitment agency application

Please click here for Position Description

Contact Person: Krista Gregory

Contact Number: 0459 809 728

Contact Email: krista.gregory@easternhealth.org.au

Need help submitting your application?

Just contact the Hiring Manager in the advertisement or call the Talent Acquisition Team on (03) 9955 7555 (Option 1) | Medical Workforce Unit on (03) 9895 3469. [TA for Non Medical roles, MWU for Medical roles]

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