Community Mental Health Clinician

Outer Community - MWAMHS

• Full Time ongoing position in a supportive team environment!
• Gain experience in a broad range of community based psychiatric presentations
• Based in Melton

The MWAMHS Outer Community mental health program consists of a multidisciplinary team, responsible for community mental health care of consumers living in the city of Melton

We provide a range of community, recovery focussed mental health services to consumers with mental illness and support to their families/ carers

Our community team is cohesive and supportive, positively motivated and genuinely is a great place to work! 

Your new role:

• Work collaboratively with other clinicians to provide treatment interventions for individuals who have a significant mental illness.
• Provide and develop discipline specific interventions
• Assess and provide evidence-based recovery interventions to consumers with various psychiatric illnesses
• Coordinate medical, psychosocial and legal aspects of care delivery
• Engage with consumers, their family members and other service providers
• Deliver clear documentation of evidence based best practice and contemporary models of care

About you:

This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists.

• Motivated mental health clinician committed to continued learning and developing your clinical skills
• Passion for caring and making a genuine difference in the lives of public mental health consumers and their family members
• Enjoy being part of a dynamic team and draw on the experience of your colleagues yet are confident to work autonomously and contribute positively to the teams’ well-being
• Communicate clearly and effectively in verbal and written form
• You have the relevant registration with AHPRA for nursing, occupational therapy or clinical psychology. Social workers are eligible for membership with the AASW

Benefit of working with the NorthWestern Mental Health:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging and ADOs!

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.

Interested?

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

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 required a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

Experience in working with ACCHO and Aboriginal Communities and Families is welcomed, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are highly encouraged to apply.