Mental Health Clinician, Adolescent Inpatient Unit

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Nursing

Reference: 65892

**Embark on a rewarding career and be part of a team where your dedication makes a difference in people’s lives.**

**About the Mental Health Program**

Monash Health Mental Health Program provides a range of community, bed-based and specialist services covering the Casey, Cardinia, Greater Dandenong, Kingston and Monash LGAs - a population of nearly one million. It has an operational budget of $130 million and employs approximately 820 EFT, representing over 1000 staff.

Psychology & Specialist Services (PsySS) in the mental health program runs a number of programs across Monash Health including the Wellness and Recovery Centre. WRC is a specialist eating disorder service offering comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and evidence based treatment to individuals affected by anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, and other specified eating disorder (OSFD).

Services include:

- Adults (18-65yo) Inpatient treatment
- Adults (18-65yo) Outpatient treatment
- Day Program (12-24yo)
- Adolescent Inpatient treatment

**About The Role**

The Mental Health Clinician position is a flexible, 7 day rostered position with 2 shifts between 7am and 9:00pm. This is a permanent 0.4EFT position.

The Mental Health Clinician on the Adolescent (Eating Disorders) Inpatient Unit will be responsible for providing high quality mental health care to consumers (and their carers) experiencing the acute phase of their Eating Disorder.

This care will be provided within an evidence based specialized eating disorder framework.

The Mental Health Clinician has an integral role to play in supporting the daily operation of the inpatient service and will work closely with the WRC operational and clinical leads, as well as the Nurse Unit Manager to achieve this.

Training, supervision and support will be provided for this role.

**What you need**:

- Current registration with AHPRA (if appropriate)
- Working with Children's Check
- Relevant post-graduate qualifications in mental health
- Proven significant clinical experience
- Australian working rights

You have been developing your management and leadership skills or you are an accomplished Associate Nurse Manager; either way, you are ready to take this next step in your Career. You lead by example, thrive working in a dynamic, fast paced environment and are truly passionate about delivering a high standard of evidence based nursing care to all patients. You are an advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles

You Are Also:

- committed to a leadership & mentoring role
- dedicated to safe best practice & quality care
- committed to delivering patient centred care & a patient advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate & able to work collaboratively
- excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence

**What We Offer**:

- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills & knowledge base
- avenues to further develop your leadership & project management skills
- mentorship & career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums & conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

In addition, you will have access to benefits including salary packaging to increase your take-home pay, access to onsite subsidised staff car parking and gym, uniform and the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

To learn more about our organisation visit **monashhealth.org**.

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

**How to Apply**

**Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online Mercury System (e-recruit).**

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.