Clinical Manager Crisis Assessment and Treatment

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Peninsula Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Medical, Nursing

Reference: 32890
- **Exciting leadership opportunity within our supportive and collaborative team**:

- **Respectful culture & innovative management**:

- **Excellent salary packaging benefits and discounted onsite parking**

**Who We Are and What We Stand For**

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.
In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values:
**Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative.** We are One Peninsula Health.

**What You Will Be Doing**

The Crisis Assessment Treatment Team (CATT) provides community based comprehensive assessment service providing assessment and home treatment to clients requiring acute mental health support. The CATT conducts face-to-face holistic assessments in our Frankston, Mornington and Rosebud community clinics as well as in the client’s home.
The Clinical Manager is responsible for providing clinical leadership and governance. The Clinical Manager will also assist the Operational Manager and Program Manager in developing, maintaining and evaluating specialist programs within the CATT service.
The role will also contribute towards an appropriately skilled workforce by providing mentoring and role modelling, particularly to junior clinicians or recent recruits. The Clinical Manager will have a focus on acute community mental health care supporting development to address priority issues within the team which are related to vulnerable and high-risk consumers presenting with high level needs.

**What You Need**

We anticipate you will have:

- Registered Nurse, Social Worker, OT or Clinical Psychologist with relevant registration
- RPN ONLY: Post graduate qualification in Mental Health or specialist undergraduate Mental Health program
- Minimum of 5 years varied experience in Senior Positions within the mental health field in both acute and community mental health settings
- Demonstrated significant problem-solving skills that require considerable understanding and interpretation of facility and departmental policy.
- Vast clinical experience and knowledge in Community Mental Health settings.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain clinical programs
- Demonstrated ability to provide expert clinical consultancy and dissemination of key messages across a range of key internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated clinical leadership within mental health with proven ability to mentor and develop the mental health nursing workforce within a coaching framework
- Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of professional autonomy and independent practice.
- Advanced decision-making skills.

**What Next**

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

**Additional Requirements**

This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Peninsula Health immunisation policy.

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