Senior Community Mental Health Clinician

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is seeking a Senior Community Mental Health Clinician to join their team at the RMH City Campus. The role involves providing support and leadership in the delivery of evidence-based treatment and interventions, ensuring the provision of high-quality assertive outreach and care coordination of services to adults experiencing mental health issues as well as homelessness.

Requirements

• Formal qualifications and registration as an Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Social Worker.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of effective evidence-based interventions appropriate to low prevalence disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder, personality disorder, relapse prevention and substance abuse.
• Leadership skills including initiative, advanced communication skills and the capacity and willingness to further develop these.
• Extensive experience in the provision of specialist services in public mental health settings with a strong focus on local communities and inter-agency specific knowledge.

Benefits

• Career progression opportunities to suit professional development goals.
• Excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team.
• Interesting variety of work in a very welcoming team, in a unique setting and location.
• Salary packaging up to $12,000.
• Generous leave entitlements including 5 weeks annual, 17.5% leave loading and monthly ADOs for full time employees.
• Discounted health and fitness facility access with Fitness Passport.