Eating Disorder Specialist, Elmhs

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training, Health and Allied Health, Family Violence Workers, Medical, Nursing

Reference: 61132

**Working in public mental health has never been more important or meaningful.**

**About ELMHS**

Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS) provides assessment and treatment for infants, children, adolescents, young people and their families. We work with the 0-18 age group in the Southern Region and provide a comprehensive assessment service and a range of treatment options including inpatient treatment in times of crisis, community (outpatient) treatment, group programs, family therapy, and specialist services. We work with families in addressing a number of complex issues they may be experiencing including school refusal, parent/child relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, trauma related issues, self-harm, suicidal thinking, eating disorders, neuro developmental presentations and psychosis. We now have an exciting opportunity to join our Core Community treatment team, a thriving, engaged team of clinicians providing clinic based mental health assessment, formulation and treatment to complex and acute young people in the South East of Melbourne. This is a permanent role, working three days per week.

**About the team and the role**

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team led by consultant psychiatrists, the Core Community Treatment Team provides medium term treatment for children, adolescents and their families in the City of Casey, City of Greater Dandenong, Shire of Cardinia and the Frankston and Mornington Peninsula area. We work collaboratively with families, schools and other agencies to create identified areas for change and work strongly from a relational and systemic framework and strive to work together to deliver first class service.

**The role will combine both**:
Clinical face to face work, including carrying a limited case load, supporting and mentoring other ELMHS clinicians (chiefly CORE clinicians) who are working with families; and

Secondary consultations within ELMHS, providing supervision, running peer supervision groups to ELMHS staff and providing staff training, working with other parts of the service as required (around eating disorders cases).

**What you bring**

As a Senior Mental Health clinician trained in Eating Disorders therapies, you have training, qualifications and experience in assessing and treating young people with eating disorders and comorbidities mental health problems.

You are skilled in Family Based Therapy (FBT) and other eating disorder treatment modalities. This is a new role in our dedicated and knowledgeable team, and we are keen for you to bring your demonstrated skills and experience in case management and assessment, working with children and families within a multidisciplinary team.

You are adaptable to a changing environment. Alongside your caring and engaging manner, you have a positive work attitude, strong communication skills and a strong people-person focus allowing you to engage with our clients (patients) and their families.

On a personal level, you are:

- dedicated to safe best practice and quality care
- committed to delivering quality care, service and advocacy
- enthusiastic, compassionate and able to work collaboratively
- excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios

In return

Ours is a connected team with strong shared values and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Ours is also a highly skilled, collaborative and welcoming multidisciplinary team where the only limit in your career is you.

As a valuable member of a wider team, we are committed to working with you to become your professional best. There is access to resources to support you in this position, we offer clinical education sessions, on the job training and career progression to enable you to further develop your Clinical and Leadership skills whilst role modelling excellence and delivering a high standard of client (patient) centred care.

There is no better time to join us and here’s just a few reasons why:
- access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base
- avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills
- mentorship and career guidance
- support to attend relevant forums and conferences
- a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies

Monash Health is a great place to work
- Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free flu vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest public health service and proudly provides healthcare to one quarter of Melbourne