Medacs Healthcare Australia is partnering with a hospital 3 hour form Melbourne city centre. We are seeking Child and Adolescent Mental Health Nurses (0 - 25 years of age / cohort).
3-hour drive east from Melbourne city centre, this town is a gateway to some of Victoria's most beautiful natural attractions, including the Gippsland Lakes, Mitchell River, and nearby coastal towns like Lakes Entrance. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy boating, fishing, bushwalking, and cycling, often just minutes from home.
The location offers a range of schools, from early learning through to secondary education, as well as TAFE options nearby.
The role:
* The Senior Community Clinician will provide leadership and support services and be responsible to diagnose, care coordinate, provide evidence-based treatment, psycho-education and consumer and family collaboration across the team
* This position includes conducting assessments in a timely manner as determined by risk, urgency, distress, dysfunction and disability per the National Mental Health Triage Scale, utilising the CMI (Client Management Interface) database and perform urgent acute clinical assessment and routine assessment, working with consumers and carers in safety planning and promoting and delivering high-quality, evidence-based holistic treatment (pharmacological and therapeutic intervention) within a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive framework.
Ideal candidates for this role will have:
* Tertiary qualifications and current registration as a Nurse
* At least 2 years' experience in mental health, or in working with children and young people.
* Strong clinical skills in assessment, intervention, crisis management and care planning.
* An ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
* A commitment to recovery-focused, family-inclusive and culturally safe practice.
* Current driver's licence.
Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:
* Sponsorship for a 186 visa
* $5,000 towards relocation
* Accommodation on arrival
* Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
* Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
* Multidisciplinary teamwork across the hospital.
* Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
* A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
* Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing services.
If you're interested in this opportunity and would like to learn more, please apply below or send your CV directly to ***************@globalmedics.com.au