Mental Health Clinician

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

START Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT)

Full Time – Part Time (0.8 FTE) considered

Mental Health Services, forming part of Mildura Base 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 START Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team (CATT) is a multidisciplinary team providing assessment, suicide risk response and short-term community follow up for its consumers who are presenting with acute signs of mental illness and/or present with significant risks to themselves or others. The CATT team works closely with the Hospital's Emergency Department, Victorian Police and other emergency services in providing quality consumer focused care.

Duties for this role include undertaking primary consultation services including triage, assessments, risk and safety planning and short-term therapeutic intervention in conjunction with consumers, their families/ supports and other professionals as required.

The positions are classified as an RN3, SW2, OT2 or Psych2 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.

Our Relocation Officer is available to support new staff to relocate, settle and integrate into the local community. For more information, please contact our recruitment team via 

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.

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: 18 October 2025