• Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.
  
• Great team, respectful culture & supportive management
  
• Permanent contract, rotational rostering to suit your beachside lifestyle
  
• Suitable for Mental Health Nurse (Grade 3 or Grade 4) Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist

Who We Are and What We Stand For

Peninsula Health is the major metropolitan health service caring for a community of 300,000 people. Our Vision is to provide exceptional health and community care. To realise this vision we need people who strive for a sense of achievement, take an interest in their individual growth, enjoy innovation and looking for ways to improve and have a passion for communicating and connecting with others.

In representing Peninsula Health, we expect all employees and volunteers to reflect our values: Be the Best, Be a Role Model, Be Open and Honest, Be Compassionate and Respectful and Be Collaborative. We are One Peninsula Health.

What You Will Be Doing

We have a great opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Clinician to join our Intensive Treatment Team. The Mornington Adult Intensive Treatment Team provide timely and responsive mental health assessments and treatments to people aged 26-64 who require urgent, short term or ongoing intensive community based mental health treatments and support. The team works a 7 day rotating roster, 3 shifts per day 8:30am-5pm , a mid shift and 2pm-10:30pm.

As The Mental Health Clinician, you are part of the multidisciplinary team, providing timely and responsive mental health assessment and treatment to people who require urgent, short term or ongoing intensive community based mental health assessment, treatment and support. You, the Clinician, works competently within their scope of practice to deliver safe, evidence based person centred care to achieve optimal health outcomes.

What You Need

We anticipate you will have:

• Registered Nurse, Social Worker, OT or Clinical Psychologist with relevant registration
• RPN ONLY: Post graduate qualification in Mental Health or specialist undergraduate Mental Health program
• Experience in the mental health field including acute inpatient services and / or community mental health care
• A current Victorian Drivers Licence

What Next

To submit your application, click Apply Now.

For further information, please contact Jade Barton to discuss employment opportunities at: [email protected], using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician - Intensive Treatment Team enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you experience any issues signing in or registering, please feel welcome to contact us - the People, Experience & Performance Team on (03) 9784 2700.

Additional Requirements

Peninsula Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We encourage applications from individuals from all cultural backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We also provide a safe and supportive workplace for people with disabilities.

To find out more about our recruitment processes, compliance obligations and to prepare your application to join our team please visit:
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Join Peninsula Health and help us to deliver safe, personal, effective & connected care to every person, every time.