Title:  Senior Clinician - Community Mental Health

Requisition ID:  2374
Location: 

Upper Ferntree Gully, VIC, AU, 3156 Ringwood East, VIC, AU, 3135

Job Posting Date:  9 Dec 2024

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Senior Clinician - Community Mental Health

  • RPN4, OT3, SW3 or Clinical Psychologist Grade 3
  • Permanent Full Time | Upper Ferntree Gully
  • Great team, respectful culture & supportive management

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

Chandler House Continuing Care Team is a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing case management for people adults with a severe mental illness. We work with consumers, their carers, families and other community agencies to identify and address their needs, coordinate their care and assist in recovery.

 

We are seeking a Senior Clinician-Case Manager who would like to join our team in providing a highly responsive and flexible service to our consumers. The Senior Clinician plays an essential role in our team's ability to provide a collaborative, person centred and recovery-oriented approach to our community consumers in a supportive environment. 

 

About you 

To be successful in this role you will possess:

  • Relevant registrations for your discipline/Current registration with AHPRA or eligible for membership of AASW 
  • Sound theoretical knowledge of clinical assessment and interventions in mental health. 
  • Demonstrated commitment to and ability to practice utilising the recovery approach
  • Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience
  • The ability to work as part of a diverse team
  • Excellent communication and organisational skills

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

 

 

Position Description Link

Contact Person: Caryn Tocker

Contact Number: 9839 6600

Job Posting End Date: 12/01/2025

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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