Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Acute Community Mental Health Clinician

Hotham Street Clinic Preston

Full/Part Time

OT, Social Worker, Psychologist or Psychiatric Nurse

About Mental Health Division:

Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.

Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.

We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.

The Role:

• Full/Part Time
• Working over 7 days, including morning/afternoon shifts
• Based in NAMHS Hotham Street Preston

An exciting opportunity exists for enthusiastic Acute Intervention Mental Health Clinicians to join Northern Area Mental Health Service (NAMHS).

This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Occupation Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists.

To be successful in this role you will have the ability to:

• Provide recovery oriented care including assessment and development of interventions in collaboration with consumers/carers/families and other service providers including GP's NDIS service providers and other stakeholders.
• Provide discipline specific evidence based practice and appropriate treatment options as required.
• Partake in discipline specific clinical supervision and workload management.
• Contribute in ongoing professional development activities and in-service training and sharing new found knowledge with the clinical team.

Your Contribution:

• Experience in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of severe mental illness and psychiatric disability.
• Capacity to undertake alcohol and other drug screening, assessment, treatment planning, brief interventions with clients who have a co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development for self and for team members.
• A current Victorian Driver's License, and ongoing ability to use this form of transport.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please contact: Janne-Maree Blackman, Program Manager Hotham Street Community Team, NAMHS, Tel: 9416 6300 or refer to Position Description.

Applications close Thursday 19 June 2025.

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Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

· Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program

· Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

· An inclusive and culturally safe space

· State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

· A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'

· Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

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