Emergency Department Mental Health Aod Coordinator
19 hours ago
Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan
Job type: Not provided
Organisation: Peninsula Health
**Salary**: Salary not specified
Occupation: Nursing
Reference: 30403
- **Great team, respectful culture and supportive management**:
- **Skip the traffic and work close to home in Frankston, gateway to the gorgeous Mornington Peninsula**:
- **New and exciting opportunities coming with our Hospital Redevelopment**
**Who We Are and What We Stand For**
Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values:
**Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.
What is the Enhanced Mental Health & AOD Response Service?
The Peninsula Health Enhanced MH & AOD Response Service is based in the Emergency Department at Frankston Hospital and provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment and assertive outreach services to individuals aged 16 years and over presenting with acute mental health and / or AOD issues.
**What You Will Be Doing**
As the Enhanced Response Service Coordinator you will provide clinical leadership, and holistic, patient centered care from admission through to discharge from the ED and within the Outreach Service. Responsibilities will include:
- Assessing, planning and implementing care for patients
- Conducting mental health and AOD assessments in order to determine the appropriate pathway
- Monitoring patient flow and organizing resources accordingly
- Provide clinical leadership to Emergency Department staff
- Be the initial point for clinical escalation for mental health staff and outreach staff
- Provide support and guidance to the outreach stream of the team
- Shared responsibility for recruitment, rostering, performance management, team development and day-to-day allocations and coordination of clinical service delivery.
**What You Need**
We anticipate you will have:
- AHPRA registrations as a Registered Nurse
- Post graduate qualifications in Mental Health and additional qualifications in AOD
- Extensive experience in the Mental Health & AOD field including acute in-patient services and/or community mental health care.
- Proven ability in the management of patients with major mental illness and AOD use and in techniques of assessment, crisis intervention, and counselling and psychosocial rehabilitation
- Experience in developing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating innovative clinical services
- Ability to lead and demonstrate strong leadership skills
**What Next**
If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.
**Additional Requirements**
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.
**Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.
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