Title:  Mental Health Clinician Lilydale CT

Mental Health Clinician- Child and Youth- Lilydale Community Team 

• Permanent Full Time with montly ADO | Salary Packaging
• Lilydale Location- free parking nearby, close to public transport and shops
• Support for professional development, further education and career advancement

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.

About the role

The Lilydale Community Team provide mental health assessment and intervention for young people, 4 to 25 years who are experiencing significant mental health issues and distress, along with other vulnerabilities. As as clinician on the team you will hold a designated case load, providing mental health assessment and a range of interventions to young people and their families. The team values collaboration in their work and supevision and mentoring is provided to early career clinicians.   As the successful applicant, you will join a friendly, enthusiastic and skilled team that values reflective practice and continuous learning.  

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

• Current Clinical Psychology, Occupational Therapy or Registrered Psychiatric Nurse registration with AHPRA; for Social Work, eligibility for membership of AASW 

• Clinical experience working with children or young peple

• A strong commitment to high quality care 

• The ability to work as part of a diverse team 

• Excellent communication and organisational skills 

• Post Graduate qualifications in Family Therapy or Child Psychotherapy is desirable 

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: Sarah Gardner

Contact Number: 0400898124

Contact Email: Sarah.gardner@easternhealth.org.au

Job Posting End Date: 27/10/2024

Need help submitting your application?

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

Our Values in Action:

Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day