Welcome to St John of God Health Care

St John of God Health Care is one of the largest private providers of health care services in Australia, employing more than 16,000 employees (caregivers). We operate 26 hospitals and services comprising more than 3,300 hospital beds, including home nursing, disability services and social outreach programs.

As a Catholic, not-for-profit group, we invest all profits to the communities we serve by updating and expanding our facilities and technology; expanding existing services and developing and acquiring new services; and providing Social Outreach services to people experiencing disadvantage to improve health and wellbeing.

St John of God Langmore Centre is a newly refurbished 60-bed private mental health hospital in Berwick providing a supportive, respectful and relaxed environment that promotes wellbeing and recovery. Our multidisciplinary team provide expert psychiatric care and treatment for conditions including depression, mood disorders, anxiety and psychosis through programs tailored to meet your patient's individual needs, including inpatient and day programs.

Your role
In this role, you will be a Mental Health Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Registered Psychologist, who works alongside the multi-disciplinary team to provide evidence-based clinical services to clients/patients.

You will provide individual and group therapy to patients in both inpatient and day program setting, utilising a range of evidence based treatment modality, e.g: CBT, ACT, DBT, EMDR and schema therapy.

We have full-time, part-time and casual opportunities available.

The Position

• Facilitate therapy groups independently while working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team to promote safe and excellent care to patients within the service.
• Provides comprehensive assessment and care planning monitoring client progress adjusting treatment accordingly
• Develop and maintain effective discharge planning for patients to ensure smooth transition between inpatient and outpatient services.
• Liaise with other SJOG services or other relevant external services to support smooth transition between inpatient and outpatient
• Familiar and complies with legal, ethical responsibilities to patients, visitors and staff.
• Maintains confidentiality and an appropriate professional relationship with staff and patients.
• Contributes to the design and implementation of programs relevant to the needs of clients and current clinical practice.
• Provide expert secondary consultation to team members, leveraging their professional training and expertise.
• Undertake additional tasks aligned with their professional training as directed by the manager

You will have demonstrated experience in mental health, providing evidenced based treatment, including ACT, CBT, DBT, EMDR or Schema Therapy and experience in providing evidenced based treatment.

To succeed you with possess a tertiary qualification in Social Work (ideally with mental health accreditation), Occupational Therapy or Psychology and hold registration with the relevant professional body (AASW - eligible or general AHPRA).

Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values.

We will offer you

• Salary Registered Psychologist: $95,926 to $110,468 (pro rata for part-time basis) plus 12% Superannuation.
• Salary Occupational Therapist & Social Worker (grade 2): $95,432 to $114,129 (pro rata for part time basis) plus 12% Superannuation.
• Opportunities for part-time, full-time or casual contracts
• Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as:
• Novated leasing
• work related expenses
• self-education and additional superannuation

• A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs
• Employee support through our dedicated free Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance
• Access to a range of Lifestyle, Health & Wellbeing rewards and discounts

St John of God Health Care embraces diversity and strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people with disabilities. We are committed to providing a safe environment for all children and vulnerable people in our care and proactively take measures to protect children/vulnerable people from abuse.

All caregivers employed by St John of God Health Care are required to be vaccinated from Influenza in order to fulfil the requirements of the role.

For enquiries contact Angel Chen - Therapy and Community Service Manager on 03 9773 7051

If suitable applicants are identified advertisement may close prior to listed date and screening/interviews may commence throughout the advertising process.