About the Role
We have casual positions available within the Emergency Mental Health Department. We are seeking Senior Mental Health Clinicians who can cover day (8:00-16:00), evening (15:00-23:00) and night shifts (19:30-06:00) on a casual basis. You will work collaboratively with Emergency Department staff in managing mental health presentations, providing support to families and carers, liaising with emergency services, contributing to research and evaluation activities, and facilitating mental health promotion and education.
Classification for this multidisciplinary position will be as follows: Grade 3 Occupational Therapist (YB51-YB55); Grade 3 Psychologist (PL1-PL4); Grade 3 Social Worker (YC46-YC50); Grade 3 Speech Pathologist (YB51-YB55) or Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurse (NP75-NP77).
What you'll achieve
* Purposefully and expertly engage children, adolescents and their families in high quality recovery-focused care through assessment and intervention
* Provide leadership through modelling a high standard of professional and interpersonal skills, attitudes and behaviours
* Build and maintain relationships with Emergency Department staff, Consultant Psychiatrists, community agencies and maximise service coordination and cooperation
* Complete accurate, timely and professional clinical record keeping and documentation
Your skills and experience
* Demonstrated clinical skills and at least 5-7 years of experience in the provision of effective and efficient child and adolescent triage, assessment and mental health care
* Demonstrated expert clinical skills and experience in the provision of child and adolescent mental health care within a trauma-informed framework. Extensive experience working with families/carers would be desirable
* Demonstrated ability to build and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders to maximise service coordination
* Capacity to provide systemic containment, education and support predominantly to medical systems of care, DFFHS, and youth residential care services
About the Royal Children's Hospital Emergency Department
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) provides urgent medical care to children and adolescents. The department operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Approximately 90,000 patients, ranging from newborns to teenagers, are seen each year; this equates to 250 patients per day on average. The RCH Emergency Department (ED) is staffed by a medical team, nurse practitioners, nursing team, clerical, allied health (i.e. social work, mental health workers, etc.) and administrative staff as well as ward service assistants.
What we offer
* Salary packaging option with our partner, SmartSalary – Increase your take home pay by up to $11,500 per annum
* Novated Leases through our partnership with SmartSalary
* Workplace culture of continuous improvement, support and training
* Discounted Private Health Insurance
* Support for working mothers including two on-site Early Learning Centres, flexible working arrangements, breast feeding and pumping facilities
* Staff counselling, financial coaching, legal support, nutritional support and specialist helpline services through our EAP partner, Converge
* Unlimited access to selected fitness facilities in your local area via Fitness Passport
Other requirements
* Current National Criminal Record Check, or willingness to obtain
* Valid Working with Children Check
* Compliance with RCHs "Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases" procedure
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children's Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement; it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children's Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption. Offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.
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