Parent Infant Mental Health Clinician

1 week ago


Melbourne, Australia Austin Health Full time

Location: Melbourne | Northern Metropolitan

Job type: Fixed term - Part time

Organisation: Austin Health

**Salary**: $55 - $65

Occupation: Medical and Nursing

Reference: 2438

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

**Perinatal Mental Health Clinician**
- **Make an impact on the lives of patients, their infants and families**:

- **Outreach focus**:

- **Part-time, fixed term, 2 days per week (16 hours per week), Heidelberg location**

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east 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.

**Perinatal Community Service/Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Division**

The Perinatal Community Service (PCS) operates from Hawdon Street Community Mental Health Clinic. PCS is part of the broader Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Division. We provide services within a specialist outpatient team, focussed on outreach to homes.

**About the role**

Reporting to the Manager of the Perinatal Community Service, you will work closely with the Manager of PCS & the Parent Infant Program Inpatient Service (PIP), Consultant Psychiatrists of PCS and collaborate with PCS/PIP and broader mental health team.

A regular day will see you:

- Assess and provide in-home outreach based therapies and interventions to parents with infants under the age of 2, focussed on relational attachment work
- Liaise with multiple stakeholders of your outpatient client caseload
- Develop and provide training and education in parent-infant work to other staff within Austin Health and external groups as required.

**About you**

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 be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

- A professional 'can-do' attitude to your everyday work
- The ability to be flexible in a multi-faceted role
- A keen interest to share your own knowledge and learn from others in Parent Infant work

**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



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