Mental Health Clinician - Orygen @ Home
Orygen Specialist Program
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Ongoing full and part time opportunity | Salary Packaging | Monthly ADO
• Build therapeutic skills by supporting young people and families with inpatient care at home
• Footscray office, travel for visits incl. in work hours | AM, PM & weekend shifts

About The Royal Melbourne Hospital:

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) part of the Parkville Precinct and is one of Australia's leading public hospitals, providing a comprehensive range of specialist medical, surgical, and mental health services, as well as rehabilitation, aged care, specialist clinics and community programs.

Orygen Specialist Program is a program of the Mental Health Service at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Orygen @ Home is an acute service providing early intervention to young people with severe and complex mental illness within the home environment. Orygen @ Home offers 24/7 multidisciplinary mental health care for young people aged 12-25 and their families in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs. The team provides tailored support, including mental and risk assessments, medication, therapy (CBT and other targeted approaches), family-inclusive care, vocational support, intensive outreach, and crisis intervention.

Benefits of working at RMH:

• Salary packaging options, earn up to $12,000 tax free earnings!
• 5 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time) plus monthly ADO's for full time employees
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Discounted gyms and health centre access with Fitness Passport
• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals

About the role:

The Mental Health Clinician supports the provision of comprehensive clinical acute mental health care to young people and families of the Orygen @ Home program. Contribute to general and discipline approaches in providing this comprehensive care within the Orygen @ Home model.

In this role you will:

• Partner with young people and their families/carers to provide inpatient­-like care within the home environment
• Provide discipline interventions and recover­y-focused care in the home
• Demonstrate skills in mental health assessment, risk assessment, therapeutic interventions, least restrictive practices and improved outcomes, using evidence based best practice
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and receive supervision and support through professional development
• Uphold the principles of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022

About you

Formal Qualifications

• This is a multidisciplinary role open to RPN3/AH2 (Social Workers, Psychologists or Occupational Therapists). Must hold relevant degree, registration and/or membership as per attached Position Description

Essential

• Passionate about mental health care and in making a positive impact to the lives of young people and their families/carers
• Previous experience in clinical practice as a Mental Health Clinician - Psychiatric Nurse (In-patient or Community)/Allied Health Professional (with tertiary mental health experience), and preferably with young people
• Ability to develop, implement and evaluate client centred individual service plans, risk assessments and diagnostic formulations
• Ability to provide, or develop skills in, integrated assessment, treatment and care for consumers with dual diagnoses

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Please note, recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.