Mental Health Clinician

About the role
The South Adult Community mental health team deliver a timely and consistent service to consumers/families/carers requiring mental health support, undertaking bio-psycho social assessments and providing ongoing treatment in collaboration with the consumer, families and carers, the multidisciplinary team, and other supportive agencies to achieve agreed goals and outcomes.  Clinicians use a recovery framework, focusing on a strengths-based approach. 

Community clinicians are required to work a rostered function covering weekends to facilitate urgent assessments and support to consumers in their own homes, ED, medical wards and consumers from youth and aged services. The duty function includes assessments over the telephone and medication management/support.

Exciting news! We're currently seeking two passionate Adult Community Mental Health Clinicians to join our team in Ballarat. Each position offers 80 hours per fortnight with a monthly ADO.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide evidence based and best practice clinical assessments, identify and prioritise consumers needs and develop risk management plans. 
• Attend Mental Health Tribunals and ensure consumers rights are met under the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
• Co-ordinate crisis assessments and admissions to mental health bed based units. 
• Monitor physical health conditions and promote physical wellbeing. 
• Monitor efficacy of medication
• Develop recovery plans in collaboration with consumers, families and carers, prioritise and action areas identified. 

Skills and experience

• Recent clinical experience in a range of mental health settings, including bed based units and community mental health. 
• Well-developed mental health assessment skills
• Good knowledge of the Mental Health Wellbeing Act 2022 and other relevant legislation
• Good knowledge of the recovery model and how this informs engagement with consumers
• Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to prioritise workload and respond to crisis situations. 

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Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs
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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Vanessa Sharples  on 5320 4100 for a confidential discussion.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check. All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.