Join the team who will establish the Blacktown Medicare Mental Health Centre.

Uniting is looking for:

• Psychologist or Mental Health Social Worker or Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist
• Clinician for Blacktown Medicare Mental Health Centre
• Permanent Full-time in Blacktown
• HPA Level 2 (Commensurate with experience)  + Super + Generous salary packaging benefits to $18,550

Uniting is the lead agency for the newly established Blacktown Medicare Mental Health Centre. The Medicare Mental Health Centres provide a safe and welcoming place for anyone to access free, immediate, short and medium-term quality mental health care to anyone.

You will join a multidisciplinary team of highly qualified mental health professionals including Lived Experience Workers.

Role Overview:

The Clinician role is an integral part of the multidisciplinary team. The role involves the provision of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical care management, psychological and psychosocial interventions to individuals in the community with mental health illness.

Your duties will include but are not limited to:

• Provide mental health assessments, including completion of mental state examination, risk assessment, case formulations and individual treatment planning.
• Provide evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions tailored to meet the individuals needs within a Recovery Framework.
• Develop, implement and evaluate appropriate treatment plans for each person in collaboration with the consumers, families and members of the multidisciplinary team

Essential Criteria

• Approved tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology or Social Work with full registration with AHPRA or eligible for membership with the AASW.
• Minimum 1-3 years’ experience of clinical practice field (excluding placements) within the mental health providing high quality triage, assessment and evidence based psychological interventions where required.
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psychosocial approach and interventions to meet the needs of clients.
• Willingness to work independently or with professional supervision from more senior members of the profession or health team when performing novel, complex, or critical tasks
• Ability and willingness to maintain documentation of clinical care and actively contribute to clinical review processes and planning for clients within a recovery framework.
• Demonstrated a commitment or willingness to continue professional development, contribute to workplace education through clinical supervision, training and education through the provision of seminars, lectures or in-services.
• Current NSW Driver’s License 

To Apply, click Apply Now & attach your Resume and Cover Letter addressing the Essential criteria.

Benefits & culture 

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply. 

• Salary packaging entitlements to increase your take-home pay
• Fitness Passport, U Rewards, and other great employee benefits
• Professional development and training opportunities Ongoing training & development, with well established team.
• Training opportunities with wide variety of clinical cases

Please contact Pallavi Bhatia from Uniting’s Talent Acquisition Team on [email protected] using the subject line: Clinician - Blacktown enquiry via EthicalJobs should you have any questions.

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks, which include National Police Checks, Working with Children Checks and Reference Checks. 

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