Senior Allied Health Clinician

MWAMHS Melton Community Health Service

• Part Time position | Working 3 days per week
• Based in Melton
• Excellent opportunity to expand your skill set and support the development of our future workforce

Life With Us

• MidWest Area Mental Health Service (MWAMHS) provides a comprehensive range of mental health services to consumers residing in Melton
• The Melton Community Health service deliver specialist clinical Adult Mental Health programs
• As a Senior Mental Health Clinician you will work within an integrated team, focusing on the acute function and providing senior support to daily processes and tasks.

Your New Role

• Provide leadership and guidance through assessments and interventions for consumers with various psychiatric illnesses
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary care team in a community setting
• Provide a high quality of care to consumers who present as acutely unwell and who need short term intensive care.
• Pro-actively contribute to innovative service planning and development

About You

This is a multidisciplinary role open to Occupational Therapists, Psychologits and Social Workers

• Strong commitment to consumer-focused service delivery
• Passionate about improving outcomes for people with a mental illness
• Extensive experience in assessment/treatment of people with mental illness / psychiatric disability
• High level understanding of the Mental Health Act 2014 and knowledge of the new Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and an awareness of other legislation governing mental health practice
• Demonstrated leadership abilities with experience working within a multidisciplinary team

Benefits of working with Us

• Working with a broad range of psychiatric presentations enabling development / enhancement of clinical and case-management skills.
• Rich opportunities for professional development, training and research.
• Attractive salary and working conditions including salary packaging

The RMH stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are 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.

Lindsay Vernon 0408 106 140

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