NDIS Specialist Senior Clinician - Mental Health Program

• Open to Occupational Therapists Grade 3; Registered Nurses Grade 4; Social Workers Grade 3
• Permanent Part Time Role | Weekday Role
• Central East location | Attractive salary packaging options to increase take home pay!

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

The NDIS specialist Senior Clinician role has been created to expand the existing NDIS service to better support and capacity build treating teams; act as the interface between Eastern Health and NDIA Health Liaison Officers (HLO) for both bed-based and community consumers across the aged spectrum.

Main responsibilities but not limited to:

• Optimise the opportunities the NDIS presents for eligible consumers of specialist clinical mental health services who have a mental illness or mental disorder and associated psychiatric disability.
• Build and maintain an effective and efficient operational interface and partnership between specialist clinical mental health services and the NDIA, LAC and NDIS funded support providers
• Ensure the specialist clinical mental health workforce at all operational levels (clinicians and lived experience staff) has high literacy on the NDIS principles, role and responsibilities and the NDIS operational pathway; and the knowledge and capability to proactively engage and support consumers and carers throughout the NDIS operational pathway.
• To actively contribute to team planning and development activities within NDIS and work to enhance the profile of the NDIS programme across the Eastern Health Area Mental Health Service through the provision of, effective liaison and service development.

About you

To be successful in this role you will possess:

• Experience in supporting people with the lived experience of mental ill health
• At least 5 years' mental health experience Registered Psychiatric Nurse / Occupational Therapist / or Social Worker as per EBA.
• Registration with relevant professional organization or body with relevant post graduate qualifications preferably in mental health or community health.
• Ability to work as part of a diverse team and autonomously
• Commitment to supervised practice, ongoing professional development and further developing skills in clinical mental health.
• A strong commitment to high quality care
• Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience
• A strong commitment to high quality care
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• You must hold a valid drivers license

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing 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

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Contact Person: Oded Weingarten

Contact Email: [email protected]

Job Posting End Date: 08/08/2025

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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Respect for all | Safe always | Partnering in care | Learning and improving every day