Senior Youth Mental Health Clinician

1 month ago


Melbourne, Australia Orygen Full time
Ongoing full and part time opportunity | Salary Packaging | Monthly ADO Footscray office, travel incl. in work hours | AM, PM & weekend shifts Excellent team culture, training, supervision and prof. dev. opportunities

Your new team:

Orygen Specialist Program is a program of the Mental Health Service at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Orygen @ Home is an acute service providing early intervention to young people with severe and complex mental illness within the home environment.

Providing access to care 24­ hours, 7­ days per week by a multidisciplinary team, Orygen @ Home ensures comprehensive, collaborative and coordinated mental health care to young people aged 12 to 25 and their families/carers in Melbourne's northwest and western suburbs.

The team deliver individually tailored services that comprise of assessment, key clinician responsibilities, intensive outreach, core skills and crises interventions plus discipline specific interventions which include medication management, therapeutic interventions, family support, vocational and educational support and psychosocial engagement.

Your new role:

The Senior Mental Health Clinician supports the provision of comprehensive clinical acute mental health care to young people and families of the Orygen @ Home program. Provide leadership within the rotating roster to other staff with the program, and play a key role in providing this comprehensive care within the Orygen @ Home model.
 
In this role you will:

  • Partner with young people and their families/carers to provide inpatient­-like care within the home environment.
  • Provide leadership and discipline specific interventions and recover­y-focused care in the home.
  • Demonstrate advanced skills in mental health assessment, risk assessment, therapeutic interventions, least restrictive practices and improved outcomes, using evidence based best practice.
  • Provide supervision and support mental health clinicians (AH2/RPN3) and early career entry level clinicians.
  • Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and receive supervision and support through professional development.

 

About You:

  • Passionate about mental health care and in making a positive impact to the lives of young people and their families/carers.
  • Relevant registration and qualifications (see position description for details):
    • Psychologist with practice endorsement as Clinical, Forensic or Neuro Psychologist, or eligibility for registrar program (Grade 3)
    • Occupational Therapist (Grade 3)
    • Social Worker (Grade 3)
    • Registered Psychiatric Nurse (RPN4)
  • 5 years’ previous experience in clinical practice as a mental health/psychiatric nurse, preferably with young people.
  • Ability to develop, implement and evaluate client ­centred individual service plans, risk assessments and diagnostic formulations.
  • Ability to provide, or develop skills in, integrated assessment, treatment and care for consumers with a range of diagnosis including mood disorders, early psychosis, personality and eating disorders.

Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program:

  • Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
  • Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
  • We have a commitment to training and education, and CPD activities are fully supported.
  • Enjoy benefits of salary packaging + monthly ADOs

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.
 
 
Interested?
  
If you are looking for a varied and interesting role with scope to develop a range of skills, and you can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us for a confidential discussion.
  
Please note: recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.
  
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment and COVID-19 Vaccination prior to commencement.



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