Job description
Your new team
Orygen Specialist Program, a program of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides mental health services to young people aged 12-25 and their families/carers in Melbourne’s northwest and western suburbs.
Youth Access Team (YAT) provides a youth triage, assessment, community treatment and crisis intervention mental health care response to young people.
Your new role:
- Function autonomously as well as work collaboratively, to plan and develop services for these young people and their families/carers
- Devise, implement and evaluate appropriate treatment plans – including clinical assessments, psychological treatments, home-based assertive outreach to facilitate engagement and case management tasks
- Provide clinical supervision to a small number of clinicians
- Establish and maintain effective interfaces and partnerships with key agencies and community groups through consultation, liaison, education and collaborative projects
- Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds
About you:
- Experience at senior clinician level; working in early intervention in mental health, youth mental health teams, early psychosis programs, mental health triage and/or EMH / CATT / ECATT / PACER
- Demonstrated experience in clinical practice within mental health, including
- Registration and qualifications in a relevant area of practice (see attached position description for details)
- Demonstrated clinical supervision skills
Benefits of working with us:
- Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
- Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
- Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.
Interested?
If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us for a confidential conversation.
Please note: recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.