• Manager Community Care Unit (CCU) and Arion Prevention and Recovery Centre (PARC)
• Inner West Area Mental Health Service – Royal Melbourne Hospital
• Full Time, including ADO every month

Life with Us:

• Our service is driven by a well-developed vision for providing best practice, recovery-focussed and person-centred care for people with mental health conditions and their families.
• Our clinicians, operational and clinical leaders are passionate about their work, and well supported by an embedded professional development program, with multiple learning modalities.
• A supportive and friendly team environment.
• Primarily based at the Norfolk Terrace Community Care Unit surrounded by tranquil gardens in Travencore, with travel to the other sites including the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

A Job to Be Proud Of:

• The Community Care Unit (CCU) and Arion Prevention and Recovery Centre (PARC) Manager is responsible for operationalising the Inner West vision for best practice, recovery-focussed and person-centred clinical programs to people with mental health conditions in a purpose built residential setting.
• The manager supports the clinical teams associated with each program, ensuring high quality service delivery and effective functioning of the program and the well-being of staff.
• Opportunity to take on portfolio work in an area of clinical interest.
• The CCU and Arion PARC Manager will be joining the service at an exciting time of service expansion and development within the Area Mental Health Service following the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System.

Your Contribution:

We are seeking an exceptional clinical operational leader, who is passionate about community residential mental health services, with demonstrated experience in best practice implementation and advanced skills in people management and support.

Important skills include:

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to relate well with colleagues, stakeholders and members of the public.
• Interest in co-designing services with effective consumer and carer engagement.
• Ability to deliver against clinical and operational KPI’s.
• Excellent written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and manage deadlines.
• Capacity to think creatively in a rapidly changing environment.
• Ability to prepare reports promptly.
• Demonstrated problem solving and analytical skills.

Our Commitment to You:

• We are a values based organisation, a career with us is a rewarding experience offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement.
• NorthWestern Mental Health boasts a sophisticated learning structure and we pride ourselves on supporting continuing professional development.
• Attractive salary and working conditions including annual and CPD leave, salary sacrifice.
• Reward & Recognition Programs.

Connect With Us:

Get to know us at www.nwmh.org.au or click ‘Apply Now’.

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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 prior to commencement.

For further enquiries, please contact Gail Bradley on 9377 3460.

A position description is attached.