Mental Health Clinician - Adolescent Community Mental Health Team, ELMHS

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Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare and service for people at every life stage. With 25,500 employees, we provide care across south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations; via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes.

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About ELMHS 

Early in Life Mental Health Services (ELMHS) provides assessment and treatment for infants, children, adolescents, young people and their families. We work with the 0-18 age group in the Southern Region, providing a comprehensive assessment service and a range of treatment options including inpatient treatment in times of crisis, community (outpatient) treatment, group programs, family therapy, and specialist services. We work with families to address a number of complex issues they may be experiencing, including school refusal, parent/child relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, trauma related issues, self-harm, suicidal thinking, eating disorders, neuro developmental presentations and psychosis. We also work collaboratively with families, schools and other agencies to create identified areas for change and work strongly from a relational and systemic framework. We now have ongoing (permanent), full-time and part-time opportunities available to work as a child mental health clinician in our thriving, engaged Adolescet Community Mental Health Team, providing clinic based mental health assessment, formulation and treatment to complex and acute young people in the South East. With exposure to a multidisciplinary team led by consultant psychiatrists, we provide medium term treatment for children, adolescents and their families in the City of Casey, City of Greater Dandenong, and the Shire of Cardinia.

This position is based in Frankston.

A Day in the Life 

We are seeking x2 Mental Health Clinicians (any discipline - Psychologist, OT, SW Speech Path, RPN), on a Full Time - Fixed Term basis (part-time will be considered). 

No two days will be the same as you work within an established, friendly and supportive team environment, working closely together to care for clients (patients) along with providing opportunities for staff development and growth in areas that staff are passionate about. Taking a team focus on delivery of care, our primary focus is on a patient’s safe journey through theatre. We have a strong education focus and encourage staff to further develop their skills, along with being a part of a friendly and social environment to work in. We are a tight knit team who are collaborative and support one another and value all of our staff. We offer clinical education sessions, training on the job and career progression to enable you to further develop your Clinical and Leadership skills. This role will suit innovative candidates who strive to learn and embrace emerging practice directions. ELMHS attracts clinicians who believe that families and individuals have the capacity to change and are instrumental in supporting this process. We are highly driven by internal collaborative relationships and value enthusiastic work practices and enhancing team relationships. 

About You

What you bring 

Seeking to grow our dedicated and knowledgeable team, we are looking for you to bring your demonstrated skills and experience in case management and assessment, working with children and families within a multidisciplinary team. You are adaptable to a changing environment as we work together to deliver first class service. Alongside your caring and engaging manner, you have a positive work attitude, strong communication skills and a strong people-person focus allowing you to engage with our clients (patients) and their families. On a personal level, you are: 

• dedicated to safe best practice and quality care 

• committed to delivering quality care, service and advocacy 

• enthusiastic, compassionate and able to work collaboratively 

• excited to be accountable for and manage specific portfolios in our relentless pursuit of excellence 

• an advocate of Monash Health’s Strategic Guiding Principles 

In Return 

Ours is a connected team with strong shared values and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Ours is also a highly skilled, collaborative and welcoming multidisciplinary team where the only limit in your career is you. As a valuable member of a wider team, we are committed to working with you to become your professional best. There is access to resources to support you in this position, we offer clinical education sessions, on the job training and career progression to enable you to further develop your Clinical and Leadership skills whilst role modelling excellence and delivering a high standard of client(patient) centred care. There is no better time to join us and here’s just a few reasons why: 

• access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your acute clinical skills and knowledge base 

• avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills 

• mentorship and career guidance 

• support to attend relevant forums and conferences 

• a supportive learning environment, should you wish to undertake postgraduate studies 

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles. 

About Monash Health 

Monash Health is Victoria’s largest and most comprehensive health service. For more than 170 years, Monash Health and its predecessors have provided safe, high-quality healthcare for people at every life stage.  

With 25,500 employees, we provide care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria from over 40 locations, via telehealth, within local communities and in people’s homes. Each year: 

• We provide more than 3.6 million episodes of care to our community, 

• More than 293,000 people are admitted to our hospitals, 

• Close to 250,000 people receive care at our three emergency departments, 

• We respond to more than 65,000 ambulance arrivals, 

• We perform more than 55,000 surgical procedures, and 

• We birth more than 10,000 babies  

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to a fair, non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential and contribution of all. Monash Health is also committed to the Child Safe Standards. 

For a confidential discussiom, please contact Megan Grant, Manager on (03) 8768 5130.

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We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date. 

Applications close 5th November 2024.