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 - Ararat

Salary: $43.67 - $56.72 per hour (depending on discipline and experience)
Employment type: Full time & Part time applications welcome

Why join Grampians Health in Ararat?

• Accelerate your career in a supportive rural team with diverse experiences and growth opportunities.
• Access structured supervision and mentorship to support your professional development.
• Perfect for early-career clinicians, with exposure to a broad caseload and the chance to build valuable skills.
• Be part of a team where your work is challenging, rewarding, and makes a real impact on mental health outcomes across rural and regional Victoria.

About the role

As a Mental Health Clinician, you'll provide holistic, evidence-based care that supports recovery for individuals experiencing mental health challenges. Working closely with Senior Clinicians and Team Leaders, you'll deliver bio-psycho-social assessments, treatment, and care plans that reflect consumer-centred and family-inclusive practice.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive mental health assessments, identifying and prioritising consumer and family needs.
• Act as the primary treating clinician within a multidisciplinary team.
• Develop, implement, and review individualised treatment plans addressing biological, psychological, and social needs.
• Evaluate treatment outcomes to ensure optimal recovery.
• Involve families actively in care delivery, promoting recovery-oriented practice.
• Participate in weekend, after-hours, and on-call rosters as required in rural teams.

Skills and experience

• Experience in a Community Mental Health team (highly desirable).
• Strong clinical assessment and case management skills.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Tertiary qualification and current registration in one of the following disciplines:
• Registered Psychiatric Nurse - Grade 3
• Psychologist - Grade 2
• Social Worker - Grade 2
• Occupational Therapist - Grade 2

Culture & benefits

• Flexible work arrangements, with the option to purchase additional leave.
• Monthly ADO for full-time employees and five weeks annual leave.
• Salary packaging benefits:
• Up to $9,010 for living expenses
• Up to $2,650 for meals, entertainment, venue hire, or holidays
• Staff rewards and recognition programs.

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here

Interested?

Click APPLY today, or contact Allister Williamson (Team Leader, Ararat) on 0400 755 366 for a confidential discussion.

📌 Applications will be reviewed as they are received and will close once the position is filled.

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.

Ararat Region
Ararat has a population of over 11,000 and is situated 198km west of Melbourne on the Western Highway which connects the region to Adelaide. Ararat is the gateway to the Grampians Region and is characterised by stunning horizons, mountain scapes and a strong sense of community.

Advanced manufacturing, agriculture, food and wine production, construction, healthcare and tourism experiences underpin the economy. To learn more about Ararat please click - Visit Ararat

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+.