Title: Senior Clinician - Infant, Child, Youth Mental Health Service
Ringwood East, VIC, AU, 3135
Senior Mental Health Clinician - Community Engagement Team - ICYMHS
- Part time 30.4 hours a week| Enjoy stability in this permanent role | Excellent entitlements
- Opportunity for Occupational Therapist /Social Worker/Clinical Psychologist or Psychiatric Nurse
- Community Engagement Team (based in Ringwood) | Close to Eastland shopping center!
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
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Mental Health Clinician to join the ICYMHS Community Engagement team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that delivers regular contracted secondary consultation and community education and training to staff working in the education, health and welfare sectors in the Eastern Metropolitan region. You will also be developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key agencies that work with children, young people and families.
The position will be based at our Ringwood site and will include travel across the Eastern Metropolitan region.
The successful applicant will have experience in public tertiary mental health settings including working with children, young people and families.
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess:
- Current OT, Clinical Psychology or Nursing registration with AHPRA. Social work eligibility for membership with AASW
- Allied Health with 5 years post graduate experience in child and youth mental health
- Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience, or willingness to actively develop these skills
- Experience in providing mental health secondary consultation
- Skills in planning, implementing and evaluating mental health education and training
- The ability to work as part of a diverse team
- Ability to develop partnerships and work collaboratively with external agencies
- A strong commitment to high quality care
- Excellent communication and organisational skills
- A current Drivers Licence and willingness to travel within the Eastern Metropolitan region of Melbourne
- A current Working with Children’s Check
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!
- 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: Melody Sutton
Contact Number: 0403075136
Contact Email: melody.sutton@easternhealth.org.au
Job Posting End Date: 14/03/25
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)
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