Company description:

Grampians Health exists to serve our communities across the Grampians region, providing complete care as close as possible to people's homes.

Job description:

Mental Health Clinician - Aged Community | Full time ongoing (80 hours per fortnight with monthly ADO)

About the Role

The Mental Clinician in conjunction with the Senior Mental Health Clinicians and Team Leader provides comprehensive Bio - Psycho - Social clinical assessments,treatments and care with consumers and their families that are evidence based and best practice to enhance the person's recovery from mental disorder.

Key Responsibilites

• Expertise in the provision of evidence based and best practice assessment, treatment provision and care, at a level commensurate with the role and years of experience.
• To provide specialist support through primary, secondary and tertiary consultation to services through identification of complex needs and prioritzation of consumer, family and significant others needs.
• Actively and effectively work within a multidisciplinary team and contribute to the generic and discipline specific clinical expertise of the team.
• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, identify and prioritise consumer and family needs and/or referral options.
• Manage a caseload of consumers as the primary treating clinician within a multidisciplinary team that emphasises, practices and continually seeks to improve person - centered, family inclusive and community based care.
• Evaluate the effects of implemented treatment of all consumers and their families in accordance with Grampians Health Mental Health Service policies, procedures and discipline specific standard.

Skills and Experience

• Relevant professional qualification in a health related discipline ( Nursing, Psychology, Social Work or Occupational Therapy ) with current registration.
• Minimum two years experience in a mental health setting
• Current Drivers Licence
• Sound understanding of Recovery Orientated Practice and the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022.

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Brendan Thomas, Acting Team Leader Mental Health - Aged Community on 0407 303 296 for a confidential discussion.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Staff Fitness program
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state's fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia's most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.