Mental Health Clinician

Job Requisition ID: 5779

Legal Entity: Monash Health

Location:
Clayton, VIC, AU, 3168

Employment Type: Full Time

Posting Date: 26 Oct 2025

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About the Role

Join our team as an experienced Senior Mental Health Clinician, with a full-time and part time (0.6eft) positions available on an ongoing basis. The Monash Health, Clayton, Acute Community Intervention Service operates from the Monash Health, Atherton Road Centre, Oakleigh. Consumers are seen both at the Atherton Road Centre and in their own environment.

• Provide patient centred and recovery focused care to consumers through and outreach, community model of care

• Support consumers unique journey to a life inspired by hope and potential in a least restrictive manner

• Work collaboratively within a small team comprised of medical, allied and nursing clinicians

About Us

The Acute Community Intervention Service, ACIS (formally CATT) is a community based comprehensive assessment service providing assessment and home treatment to consumers requiring acute mental health support. The ACIS clinician conducts face-to-face holistic assessments in our Atherton Road Centre community clinic as well as in the consumer's home.

The ACIS Senior Mental Health Clinician provides clinical leadership, mental health assessment and treatment to people who require urgent, short term or ongoing intensive community based mental health assessment, treatment and support. Our clinicians are required to have strong leadership skills, a good working knowledge of the mental health service structure, including both public health and Mental Health Community Support services, and of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Act 2022.

About You

To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:

• Demonstrated capacity to perform community-based mental health assessments of people in an acute phase of a psychiatric disorder including comprehensive risk assessments

• Demonstrated knowledge, skills and experience in recovery orientated practice, family and carer inclusive practice and supported decision making

• Substantial relevant experience in community-based assessment of acute and chronically mentally ill people and of people with a range of mental disorders

Mandatory requirements of the role:

Nursing: RPN Grade 4 Year 1-4 (NP75-NP77)

In Return,

• Work collaboratively between mental health services and programs in the Monash Health, Adult Mental Health Program

• Work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team delivering high quality, professional care and interventions to consumers in a community setting

• Make a difference in vulnerable consumers lives, supporting them to remain well in the community

For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Brad Morton on

Position Description can be found here

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the 'Application Guide'

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

Applications close: 9 November 2025