Admission and Discharge Coordinator

**Permanent, full time role**:

- **Great base salary + salary packaging + super**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across 3 campuses in the northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. Austin Health is world-renowned for its research and specialist work in cancer, liver transplantation, spinal cord injuries, neurology, endocrinology, mental health and rehabilitation.

An exciting opportunity currently exists for an enthusiastic senior nurse to join our** Adolescent Inpatient Unit.** This is a full time fixed term (12 months) position; part time negotiatable.

The Adolescent Inpatient Unit at Austin Health is a small inpatient unit that works closely with young people and their carers to achieve positive outcomes in all areas of functioning. We have 11 beds, and are based at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg. Adolescents who have turned 13 (but are not yet 18 years of age) are admitted for mental health assessment and treatment when their presentation presents high levels of risk, or when a more specialised service is required for assessment and treatment. These young people may be experiencing significant acute and complex emotional, behavioural and/or social difficulties and have usually had some outpatient treatment. The team is also supported by Austin School teaching staff who work to keep young people connected to their home schools or to help them reconnect to appropriate education pathways.

Feedback from our families:

- “Thank you for the time you so generously gave to understand our teenager’s condition and circumstances surrounding this. Thank you for the life-saving support and care you all have provided. Thank you”_
- “To the team
- your caring, non-judgemental approach is exactly what is needed. Thank you for catching our teenager in their time of need”_

The Inpatient Admission and Discharge Coordinator is a key member of the Adolescent Inpatient Unit’s (AIPU) team with in the Mental health Division. The Inpatient Admission and Discharge Coordinator works closely with the interdisciplinary team and external referrers / other health services to ensure timely access to adolescent mental health inpatient beds at Austin Health and across the network of similar units in Melbourne. They will actively support consumer flow through the inpatient unit and work collaboratively to support safe and successful discharge to the community setting.

We offer:

- **The opportunity to grow and build your clinical practice with access to high quality child and youth mental health experts and educators**:

- **A dynamic and highly skilled multidisciplinary team**:

- **Regular individual and group supervision**:

- **Collegiate and supportive team culture**:

- **Opportunity to learn and connect with highly specialist CYMHS clinicians across a wide variety of specialist roles**:

- **Capacity to make real and lasting change in the lives of young people**

**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:

- $11,660 in salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and specials on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
- Mentoring and career development opportunities
- Easy access via public transport, discounted car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

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