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Mental Health Clinician

1 month ago


Ballarat, Australia Ballarat Health Services Full time

**Mental Health Clinical (RPN)**

**Intensive Outreach Team**
**Full Time Permanent Position (2 positions available)**

**About Grampians Health**

Grampians Health was established 1 November 2021, bringing together Edenhope and District Memorial Hospital, Stawell Regional Health, Wimmera Health Care Group and Ballarat Health Services to deliver safe, sustainable, healthcare tailored to changing workforce and community needs, for the long term.

This partnership follows years of strong collaboration and close partnerships between the four health services. Together, we will deliver better healthcare, enhance services and advance careers, closer to home, now and into the future.

A career with Grampians Health means you are connected and are part of a team providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Our communities are diverse, as is our workforce, with expert clinical staff from across the world choosing to live and work in our beautiful region.

Grampians Health provides acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care, administration and support services. This means your career will be as diverse and rewarding as you strive to be.

**About the role**

The mental health clinician in conjunction with the Senior Mental Health Clinicians and Team Leader provides comprehensive bio-psycho-social clinical assessments, treatment and care with patients and their families that are evidence-based and best practice to enhance the person’s recovery from mental disorder.

The Intensive Outreach Team will deliver care and treatment to adult clients aged 18 - 64 with a severe mental illness that has had a significant impact on their health and functioning. These persons will require intensive community outreach support to assist in working towards their goals and back to a level of functioning that is optimal for them.

**Key Responsibilities**
- To provide specialist support through primary, secondary and tertiary consultation to services through identification of complex needs and prioritization of client /family/significant other needs and/or referral and treatment options.
- Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, identify and prioritise patient and family needs and/or referral options.
- Clinically treat a caseload of patients as the primary treating clinician within a multi
- disciplinary team that emphasises, practices and continually seeks to improve patient-centred, family-inclusive, community-based, evidence-based and best practices.
- Proficient development, administration, implementation and review Recovery and Wellness Plans that target identified biological, psychological, and social needs of patients and their families and include targeted evidence-based treatment strategies consistent with Grampians Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services (GAMHWS) policies, procedures and discipline
- specific standards.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in daily clinical practice with respect to the routine, active involvement of families in the delivery of clinical treatments consistent with GAMHWS policies, procedures and discipline-specific standards.

**Skills and experience**
- Relevant professional qualification in a health-related discipline (psychology, nursing, social work or occupational therapy); current registration where applicable. Current drivers’ license
- Able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of contemporary evidence-based treatments and/or best practices within a clinical, social and political healthcare environment that drives proficient routine practices.
- Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills; the ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with patients, families, significant others, colleagues and other service providers.
- Actively participates in own Performance Review program, participates as required in quality improvement activities; evidence of, and a commitment to, ongoing professional development and achievement of professional goals.

**Grampians Health Culture & Benefits**

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset. We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.
- Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
- Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
- Discounted on-site parking
- Access to discounted health club membership
- Staff rewards and recognition programs

**Ballarat Region**

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the states fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes


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