Description:
Senior Mental Health Clinician - Front End Triage & Assessment
- Join the expanding Orygen Specialist Program as a Grade 3 OT, SW, Psych or Grade 4 RPN
- Full-time ongoing position based in Werribee
- Training opportunities and support for career progression
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to positively impact the lives of young people aged 12-25 years old who are experiencing mental ill health. Orygen Specialist Program provides evidence-based interventions in the critical early stage of illness to reduce the impact of symptoms and support psychosocial recovery.
Your new role:
This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurses or Grade 3 Occupational Therapists, Social Workers or Psychologists. In this role, you will:
- Provide clinical leadership, management, training and supervision of a multidisciplinary team
- Contribute to a culture of caring, teamwork, continuous improvement, constructive performance review, quality work standards and client service
- Manage and undertake mental health and risk assessment, psychological treatment, crisis intervention, family work and systems containment
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of community partnerships, developing effective interfaces within streams and programs and facilitating relevant research activities
- Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds
About you:
- Relevant registration and qualifications (see attached position description for details)
- Comprehensive experience in clinical practice and provision of mental health assessment, treatment and case management, including with young people in a tertiary mental health service
- Ability to develop, implement and evaluate client-centred individual service plans, risk assessments and diagnostic formulations
- Ability to provide leadership and supervision to multidisciplinary team (desirable)
- Ability to participate in policy and service development within the program and in continuous quality improvement through ongoing evaluation of services
Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program:
- Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change - 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 an exciting and diverse role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us for a confidential discussion. Please connect via the details below.
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All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement