Older Adult Practice Lead

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Ongoing - Full Time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: $55 - $65

Occupation: Health and Allied Health

Reference: 2417

**_Are you a current Austin Health employee?_**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
- **Join our team making an impact as a Mental Health Clinician**:

- **Permanent, full-time opportunity available**:

- **Heidelberg location and off site, with multiple public transport options available to Austin Hospital**

**About the Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Service**

The Adult & Older Adult Service within the Mental Health Division provides a range of services for people aged over 25 years and their families and carers living in the City of Banyule and Shire of Nillumbik. Austin Health’s aging population indicating a need for new specialist services to provide care for the existing cohort of registered mental health patients over the age of 65.

**About the role**

We are looking for an experienced and passionate mental health clinician for a new specialist service to provide direct clinical care, consultation and education to other staff to care for adults over the age of 65 with ongoing mental health diagnoses. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a developing multi-disciplinary team within Austin Health's Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Service Directorate.

If you thrive on new challenges and enjoy working with a role in its formative stages, we invite you to be part of this innovative journey. Your expertise will play a key role in shaping this vital service, ensuring high-quality mental health care is accessible and delivered effectively.

**About you**

As the Older Adult Practice Lead, you will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care. You’ll bring energy and drive to your work and have a keen interest in developing your skillset to establish a responsive and integrated mental health and wellbeing service stream for older Victorians.

**You’ll further have**:

- Relevant professional qualification in health-related discipline (psychology, nursing, social work, occupational therapy or speech pathology) with current registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) where applicable.
- Psychologists must be registered with a specialist endorsement in clinical psychology, clinical neuropsychology or forensic psychology.
- Nurses must have a post-graduate qualification in psychiatric/mental health nursing or equivalent.
- Social workers must have eligibility for membership with Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
- Demonstrated knowledge of recovery and collaborative clinical practice.
- Experience and demonstrated skills in assessment, and client referral.
- Experience in the delivery of counselling, bridging support brief intervention and care coordination.

**Our benefits**

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

**Work with us**

**Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the**position description** for further details.**

**Application closing date: 19 January 2025