Mental Health Clinician

Mental Health Clinician - Short Term Assessment and Response Team (START)

START Treatment and Support Team (TAS) - Youth Specific

Full Time – Part Time (0.8 FTE) considered

Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services, forming part of Mildura Base Public Hospital, offers a range of inpatient and community-based services for people with mental illness in the Northern Mallee Region.  We promote and provide a work environment that embraces professional development and supports staff to maximize growth through internal and external education.

The Role: The Treatment and Support Team (TAS) is a multidisciplinary team providing short-term community follow up for its consumers following presentation with acute signs of mental illness and/or present with significant risks to themselves or others. The TAS team works closely with the consumer and their carers/families to actively engage with community supports ensuring quality consumer focused care.

Duties for this role include undertaking primary youth specific consultation services including triage, assessments, risk and safety planning and short-term brief therapeutic intervention in conjunction with consumers, their families and supports. Liaison with other professionals as required including primary care providers such as GP's, psychologists.

The position is classified as an RN3, SW2, OT2 orPsych2 under the Victorian Public Mental Health Services Enterprise Agreement.

About You:

To be successful in this role you will have a relevant degree in Nursing, Social Work, Psychology or Occupational Therapy. We encourage Provisional Psychologists to apply, as we have a Board Approved Clinical Psychology Supervisor available onsite.

Candidates will also have demonstrated experience, skill and/or knowledge in the provision of direct clinical care to people who have experienced mental illness along with a working knowledge of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022. A current driver's licence is essential.

Applicants must meet the necessary key selection criteria outlined in the position description.

For more role specific information please visit Mildura Base Public Hospital : Job Vacancies to view the position description.

The Mildura Base Public Hospital is an organisation driven by a genuine focus on patient centred care, delivering exceptional care for our consumer base of over 80,000. With this focus guiding the functioning of our organisation on a day-to-day basis in line with our HEART values we have established a work environment in which there are greater levels of employee engagement and professional development than ever seen before. Our workforce of over 1200 employees are committed to providing a service to our community 24/7 which will have long lasting positive outcomes. 

Our H.E.A.R.T values (Happy Empathetic Accountable Respectful Team Based) are so much more than words; they are the driving force behind what we do every day. These values are lived throughout the organisation across each department, role and location.

What MBPH has to offer you:

• Internal Professional Development– including but not limited to the opportunity for eligible employees to access scholarships for postgraduate studies as well as specifically designed programs within MBPH for skill development
• An environment where external professional development is supported and encouraged
• A location centre of town reducing travel times
• Free parking on site for all employees
• Salary Packaging – Pay less tax
• On-site Café
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Employee Intervention Programs – Free Remedial Therapy and Physiotherapy
• Free employee events and celebrations (check out our Facebook page @MilduraBasePublicHospital to see what we have been up to this past year)
• At MBPH, we continue to strengthen our focus on diversity, equity and inclusion practices. This is supported through our internal network of LGBTQIA+ Allies and organisational membership with ACON Pride in Diversity.
• Our membership with ACON Pride in Diversity shows our commitment to building an inclusive workplace.

How to Apply:

All applications must be lodged online by clicking on the 'apply now' button.

For a position description and to find out more about our wonderful Hospital, visit Mildura Base Public Hospital : Home )

Further information can be obtained by contacting:

Erin Fisher

START Manager

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A valid Working with Children Check and a National Police Check (undertaken in the last three months) are required.

Applications close: 15 October 2025