Senior Mental Health Clinician - YAT
Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is a new, dedicated public youth mental health service and is the first of its kind in Australia. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team.
Permanent Ongoing | Full or Part Time 0.8-1.0 EFT | Spotswood
Overview
Provide triage, assessment, crisis intervention and clinical treatment to young people with complex mental ill health. Join Victoria's newest Public Mental Health Service dedicated to youth and provide premier mental health services in acute youth mental health.
Benefits
* Permanent Ongoing | 0.8 - 1.0 EFT | Spotswood based
* Salary Packaging
* 5 weeks Annual Leave
* Monthly ADO
* Flexible working arrangements including remote work options where possible
* Employee wellbeing focused, access to EAP
* Opportunities for professional growth and development
The Opportunity
The Senior Mental Health Clinician plays an integral part in providing clinical mental health care to young people referred for tertiary mental health support. Be a leader and join a senior leadership group who provide clinical overnight and mentoring to YAT clinicians.
About the Role
The Senior Mental Health Clinician performs all clinical duties to young people who are experiencing mental ill health requiring acute psychiatric care. Provide senior clinician leadership and support to the daily clinical operations within the PYMHWS YAT team, mentor YAT staff, provide guidance and clinical oversight, perform supervision, and facilitate evidence‐based intervention.
What You'll Do
* Perform all mental health clinical duties of triage, assessment, community treatment, and crisis intervention.
* Participate in YAT clinical handover meetings to ensure safe, timely, effective, person‐centred clinical practice is provided.
* Safety planning and implement clinical risk mitigation strategies.
* Assist YAT manager, team leaders, and other senior clinicians with daily clinical duties, clinical escalations, running of the daily YAT team huddle and psychiatric bed management.
* Work a rotating roster that includes daytime shifts, evening shifts and weekend shifts.
* Refer a young person under the YAT team's care to the appropriate service for longer‐term follow‐up.
* Work with a young person's family or significant others and provide psychoeducation in an early intervention framework.
About You
An experienced mental health clinician who is passionate about early intervention, motivated and inspired to provide a high standard of care to young people referred for mental health support at PYMHWS. Team‐oriented person with strong values on fostering a positive team culture, committed to best practice standards.
Eligible disciplines: Grade 4 RPN, Occupational Therapist, Social Worker / Grade 3 Psychologist.
Qualifications and experience:
* Relevant registration and qualifications (see position description for details).
* Minimum 5 years' experience in tertiary mental health and a demonstrated ability to function both autonomously and collaboratively with other clinical and organisational leaders.
* Excellent communication, organisation and leadership skills.
* Motivated by youth‐focused, inclusive, and recovery‐oriented care.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're looking to be part of something truly meaningful, contact Robert Oldani, YAT Manager – 03 8345 7400.
Contact & Application
Interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable candidates are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.
We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to support all applicants. If you require any adjustments, please let us know via the application prompts or inform our People and Culture team if you're contacted for an interview.
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.
PYMHWS 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.
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