Title:  Senior Clinician Trainer Spectrum

Senior Clinician Trainer Spectrum

• Limited Term Part Time | 1 year contract
• Richmond | Close to public transport and shops
• New opportunity, P3, SW4, OT4, RPN4

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 Employee Value Proposition is “Being a part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts”.

This statement aligns with our promise to our communities, patients, consumers and staff that we will be HEALTHIER TOGETHER. Bolder than a vision for the future, our promise calls us to action. We know that working together is the only way we can achieve what is necessary for a healthier future.

Spectrum

Spectrum specialises in personality disorder and complex trauma. Spectrum is a centre of clinical excellence for personality disorder and the statewide specialist personality disorder service for Victoria, funded by the Department of Health and provided by Eastern Health. 

About the role

The Spectrum Senior Clinician Trainer is responsible for delivering a range of services in accordance with Spectrum’s strategic directions. The priority for this position will be delivering high quality training and capability building projects in alignment with evidence-based approaches for people with personality disorder and /or complex trauma. The incumbent also needs to be able to provide specialised treatment to people with personality disorder, consultation to services working with people with personality disorder.

As part of Eastern Health, Spectrum is the statewide centre of clinical excellence that provides leadership in the application of evidence-based best practice for treatment and recovery from personality disorder, research and training.

About you 

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Because of the specialist nature of Spectrum’s service demonstrable professional development linked to empirically supported specialist treatments for personality disorder is required for this level of appointment. 
• You have experience in delivering training workshops and/or clinical education to mental health clinicians.
• You have detailed knowledge of empirically supported treatment approaches appropriate for the treatment of borderline personality disorder and people with complex needs, (including those with multiple co-existing conditions), with advanced capacity to critique models and choose the clinical approach most suited to the individual client. 
• You have experience writing, developing, delivering and evaluating clinical training and professional development workshops relevant to the field.
• You have well developed communication and interpersonal skills and are able to demonstrate respectful interactions with clients, staff and management.
• You have experience supervising discipline specific and interdisciplinary supervisees.
• You have experience offering secondary and/or tertiary level consultation to individuals and treating teams.
• You have experience in implementing models of care, and/or designing and developing system models of evidence based care.
• You have well established clinical experience of empirically supported treatment models of people with personality disorder in the public mental health sector.
• You have an understanding of the current profession specific standards of practice, code of ethics, legislation and research.
• You have a current driver’s license.

Desirable

• You hold a sound knowledge of the broad literature on the treatment borderline personality disorder people with complex needs, (including those with multiple co-existing conditions).
• You have experience in the evaluation of treatment services, as demonstrated by publications in refereed academic journals.

Healthcare workers are strongly recommended to follow COVID vaccination recommendations provided in the Australian Immunisation handbook (based on ATAGI advice). Seasonal vaccination against influenza is a mandatory requirement of this role and an offer is conditional on this being up to date prior to employment.

What we offer

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

• Mentor and Shadowing program
• Access to discovery days across our 50 sites
• Study and professional development leave
• Friendly & supportive teams
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
• Fitness Passport for work-life balance
• Employee Assistance program accessible for you and your loved ones
• Flexible working hours and excellent entitlements
• Salary packaging options and an employee benefits scheme
• Access to Private Health Insurance offers
• Digital upskilling, such as excel and Power-Bi training
• Cafes at all of our 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.

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

If you are a current Eastern Health employee please ensure you log in with your internal Eastern Health account to apply for this or other roles.

Please click here for position description link

Contact Person: Jason Webb

Contact Email: jason.webb@easternhealth.org.au

Job Posting End Date: 14/06/2026

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]

Click Here for the Candidate Guide also for help in our recruitment process!

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