Your new team:

Forming part of Orygen Specialist Program, a program of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Early Psychosis team provides specialist early interventions to young people (and their families/carers) experiencing early psychosis (including young people at ‘ultra-high risk’ of psychosis).

Your new role:

This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurses or Grade 3 Occupational Therapists, Social Workers or Psychologists.

In this role, you will:

• Provide clinical leadership, management, training and supervision of a multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to a culture of caring, teamwork, continuous improvement, constructive performance review, quality work standards and client service.
• Manage and undertake mental health and risk assessment, psychological treatment, crisis intervention, family work and systems containment.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of community partnerships, developing effective interfaces within streams and programs and facilitating relevant research activities.
• Provide inclusive and sensitive practice to young people and their families/carers from Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander, CALD and LGBTQIA backgrounds.

About you:

• Relevant registration and qualifications.
• Comprehensive experience in clinical practice and provision of mental health assessment, treatment and case management, including with young people in a tertiary mental health service.
• Ability to develop, implement and evaluate client-centred individual service plans, risk assessments and diagnostic formulations.
• Ability to provide leadership and supervision to multidisciplinary team (desirable).
• Ability to participate in policy and service development within the program and in continuous quality improvement through ongoing evaluation of services.

Benefits of working with us:

• Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team.
• Salary packaging, onsite 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 by clicking 'Apply Now'.

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 where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.