Mental Health Clinician

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Mercy Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing

Reference: 19318

**Mental Health Clinician Role Western Suburbs**

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
An opportunity to join a multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team providing recovery focused care to consumers experiencing mental illness. The chance to be a part of the welcoming, friendly and highly skilled team at the Wyndham Clinic, Hoppers Crossing. We are passionate about providing an accessible high-quality service to the rapid growing, diverse community we serve.
- Part Time - Fixed Term Role
- 4 days per week
- Mental Health Clinician providing Case Management to clients aged 16-65yrs
- Provide quality mental health and discipline specific, client centred assessment and treatment that is evidence based.
- Offer consultation to the team and facilitate service linkages.

**ABOUT YOU**:

- Qualifications as RPN3; OT2; SW2 or Psychologist 2
- A current AHPRA Registration as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse; Occupational Therapist; Psychologist and eligible for Social Work Membership Endorsement.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.
- The ability to think critically and problem solve effectively
- Knowledge in different therapeutic techniques
- Knowledge about different referral pathways for clients requiring short and long term support
- Be consumer recovery focused care with consumers, inclusive of carers / families.
- A good working knowledge of the Victorian Mental Health Act 2014 and relevant legislation

**ABOUT US**:
Mercy Mental Health (South West Area Mental Health Service) is a public mental health service supporting people in southwest metropolitan Melbourne with severe and complex mental illnesses by providing acute and community-based care. Services are available to adults through acute inpatient programs, residential rehabilitation programs and crisis and community recovery-focused treatment programs. We also deliver inpatient and community specialist perinatal mental health services to women and infants in western Victoria.

Mercy Health is a Catholic organisation grounded in a 2,000-year tradition of caring for others. Founded by the Sisters of Mercy, Mercy Health is made up of more than 9,500 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women's health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development.

Mercy Health is proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the WGEA.

**WHAT WE OFFER**:
Mercy Health recognises that many people want to work somewhere that is more than ‘just a job.’ At Mercy Health, we pride ourselves on our values-based culture, and offer a generous range of benefits to support you to maintain a healthy work/life balance. These include:

- Salary packaging benefits
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Health and Wellbeing programs
- Career progression and development opportunities
- A range of discounts available across a diverse portfolio of financial, healthcare, travel and other services

Mercy Health is committed to the safety of all children across our services. We recognise the importance of listening to the voice of children and have a zero tolerance of any form of child abuse.

Mercy Health has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

If you have any questions or require any adjustments to ensure a fair and equitable interview and selection, process please contact us on the details below.