Senior Clinician, Personality Disorder

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health invites motivated and experienced Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and Psychologists to join our dynamic Personality Disorder Service.

This is your chance to make a meaningful impact within a Specialist Mental Health Team.

About Northern Health:

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our five main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn Centre, and Kilmore District Hospital.

In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park and Coburg.

About Mental Health Division:

Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria Northern.

Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.

We aim to provide strong clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.

About the Northern Area Mental Health Service:

The NAMHS (Nothern Area Mental Health Service) Personality Disorder Service (PDS) is a specialist program within Northern Health's Mental Health Division, focused on enhancing workforce capability to identify, assess, treat, and support individuals living with severe personality disorders.

About the Role:

This senior clinical position requires extensive experience in the provision of evidence-based treatments across diverse public mental health settings—including community, rehabilitation, and inpatient units.

You will bring highly developed clinical skills and knowledge (with Personality Disorder expertise) and demonstrate leadership through effective supervision and workforce development.

You will be responsible for delivering a range of specialist evidence based clinical treatments for personality disorder to identified consumers; providing secondary consultation and workforce training.

This is a Permanent Part-Time role, working 6 days per fortnight, within our dedicated Personality Disorder Service.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• A strong motivation and commitment to enhancing service delivery for people with personality disorders and their families through both direct clinical care and workforce capacity building.
• Advanced knowledge and experience in psychological theories and interventions, specifically focused on treating Personality Disorders.
• Proven skills in conducting specialist assessments, risk management, and therapeutic interventions for consumers with complex mental health and psychosocial challenges.
• Exceptional ability to foster collaborative, therapeutic relationships with consumers, families, mental health teams, and external agencies.
• Experience supporting service development and driving quality improvement initiatives.

If you don't check every single box, we still want to hear from you We encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this role, or perhaps one of our many other exciting opportunities waiting for someone just like you. Your unique qualities and experiences matter.

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact

• Jacinta Clemente, Lead Personality Disorder Clinical Specialist on
• Tanya Goodison, Acting Operations Director (NAMHS) on

Applications close 3 November 2025

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

· Health and Wellbeing programs, including our 'Thrive' program

· Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support

· An inclusive and culturally safe space

· State of the art facilities and campus partnerships

· A commitment to ongoing professional development through our 'Learning Labs'

· Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

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