• Mental Health Clinician - Youth Access Team: YAT
• Full-time (inc monthly ADO)
• Excellent next step for an experienced clinical OT, RPN, Clin Psych
• Rotating roster, Excellent team culture and work-life balance

Your new team:

Orygen Specialist Program, a program of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, provides mental health services to young people aged 12-25 and their families/carers in Melbourne's North West and Western suburbs.

Youth Access Team (YAT) provides a youth triage, assessment, community treatment and crisis intervention mental health care response to young people.

Your new role:

• Function autonomously as well as work collaboratively, to plan and develop services for these young people and their families/carers.
• Devise, implement and evaluate appropriate treatment plans - including clinical assessments, psychological treatments, home-based assertive outreach to facilitate engagement and case management tasks.
• Provide clinical supervision to a small number of clinicians.
• Establish and maintain effective interfaces and partnerships with key agencies and community groups through consultation, liaison, education and collaborative projects: including Drug and Alcohol services, Youth Justice and primary care providers.
• Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds.

About you:

• Experience working in early intervention in mental health, youth mental health teams, early psychosis programs, mental health triage and/or EMH / CATT / ECATT / PACER.
• Demonstrated experience in clinical practice within mental health, including
  • Registration and qualifications in a relevant area of practice (see attached position description for details).

Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program:

• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team.
• Salary packaging, on-site car parking and, close to public transport.

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 challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us for a confidential conversation.

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.