Senior Mental Health Clinician – Acute Community Intervention Service (ACIS)
* Location: Melton, Outer Community Mental Health Team (MH&WS)
* We welcome applications from Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, and Social Workers.
* Classification: RPN4, OT3, SW3.
* Part-time position (0.8 EFT) with a rotating 7-day roster.
Are you a skilled mental health clinician seeking a dynamic role in a fast-growing metropolitan Melbourne region? Join our Acute Community Intervention Service (ACIS) and make a meaningful impact in acute community mental health care.
About the Role
This position involves providing high-quality clinical care within our ACIS function. You will play a crucial role in crisis response, assessment, and intervention, ensuring timely and effective support for individuals experiencing acute mental health distress.
As a senior clinician, you will provide leadership, mentorship, and capacity-building within the team, demonstrating advanced clinical skills in community-based acute mental health care.
In addition to their ACIS responsibilities, clinicians in this role also provide secondary key clinician support to a small number of consumers, ensuring continuity of care where needed. They may also offer leave cover for a limited number of consumers to maintain service consistency during staff absences.
We foster a culture of kindness, collaboration, and open communication, and we seek a clinician who embodies these values while enhancing service delivery.
Please note that duties and responsibilities may be adjusted from time to time to meet team and service needs, as directed by the manager.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver specialist mental health assessment, treatment, and intervention to individuals experiencing acute psychiatric distress.
* Provide leadership and support to colleagues, fostering skill development and clinical excellence.
* Actively contribute to innovative service planning and development to enhance acute mental health care.
* Maintain clear and comprehensive documentation across multiple online platforms.
* Coordinate care effectively, advocating for consumers and their families/carers within internal programs and external service providers.
* Ensure compliance with the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and other relevant legislation.
* Uphold a consumer-centred approach, prioritising dignity, respect, and collaborative care.
Key Requirements
* Minimum five years' experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals with mental illness or psychiatric disability.
* Significant experience working in acute mental health settings, such as a crisis assessment team.
* Strong knowledge of mental health legislation and its application in clinical practice.
* Demonstrated ability to innovate and contribute to service improvements.
* Highly developed interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
Position Description
About Western Health
Western Health is one of the largest healthcare providers in Victoria, caring for a vibrant, diverse and rapidly growing community of one million people in Melbourne's western suburbs.
With more than 13,000 staff, Western Health delivers 800,000+ occasions of care every year, providing high-quality, person-centred care across every life stage.
We provide a combination of hospital, community-based, at-home and in-reach services to aged, adult and paediatric patients and newborn babies. Specialties include oncology, renal, mental health, women's health and maternity, chronic diseases, geriatrics and cardiology.
We have remarkable strengths in chronic disease, complex care and developing innovative and sustainable healthcare solutions. Our experience at the coalface of healthcare delivery for some of Australia's most culturally and socioeconomically diverse and vulnerable populations provides us with unique insights into the most pressing health challenges.
Western Health operates four acute public hospitals: Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Footscray Hospital, Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh Hospital. We also operate Sunbury Community Hospital, Sunshine Mental Health and Wellbeing Centre, Melton Health and Community Services, Bacchus Marsh Community Health Centre, Caroline Springs Community Health Centre and Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care in Bacchus Marsh. Western Health also provides the primary healthcare service at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre, a women's prison located in Ravenhall.
Why join us?
Compensation and benefits
1. Competitive salary packages aligned with market standards.
2. Health and wellbeing programs, including flexible work arrangements.
* Scholarships and grants to support your continuous learning journey.
Learning and development opportunities
3. Access the Western Health Learning Academy (WHA) for personalised learning pathways.
4. Professional growth programs, including postgraduate studies and clinical education.
* Mentorship and career support.
Community impact and inclusion
5. Make a meaningful difference in patients' lives through compassionate care.
6. Join a workforce that champions diversity and inclusion.
* Engage in community wellbeing initiatives and groundbreaking healthcare research.
Organisational culture and environment
7. Thrive in a collaborative, compassionate and innovative team environment.
* Be part of a culture that celebrates continuous improvement and excellence in healthcare.
Ready to make an impact?
If you're looking for a fulfilling and impactful leadership role in acute community mental health, we'd love to hear from you
Apply now to be part of a dedicated team focused on providing compassionate, high-quality mental health care in the community.
Simply click on the "apply" button and follow the prompts.
If you are currently employed at Western Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the intranet before applying.
Closing date: Applications close 11:59pm on 30 May 2025.
Enquiries: For further information about this role please contact:
Contact Person: Ankush Sahni
Title: Program Manager
Phone: 0482 114 150
Alternate Contact: Cassie Low
Title: Team Leader
Phone: (03) 9732 1600
Western Health is an equal opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining diversity in our workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations. We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Police Record Check, an Immunisation Status Clearance and a Working with Children Check (if applicable).
Western Health does not accept unsolicited resumes/applications from recruitment agencies.