For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

Position Details

• Part Time Permanent Position Available (0.6 FTE)
• (3 days per week, 7-day rotating roster, shifts: M-F 11am to 7pm or 2pm to10pm, Sat/ Sun/ PHs 12 noon to 8pm)
• Classification: Registered Nurse Level 2, with salary range of $100,064 - $105,123 per annum (pro rata + Superannuation OR
• Classification: Health Professional Level 2 with a salary range of $94,927 - $106,210 per annum (pro rata + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
• Location: Geelong, VIC

About your new role

The Geelong Medicare Mental Health Centre (GMMHC) provides the Geelong community free short to medium term (3-6 months) mental health support to adults over the age of 18 years with the aim of making it easier for anyone living in the Greater City of Geelong catchment to access equitable, free, and quality mental health support. We offer a welcoming place for people to access mental health information, services and supports from qualified professionals (clinical and lived experience staff) over extended hours.

Service delivery will reflect principals of Trauma Informed Care and Recovery Oriented practice. The GMMHC service will provide a holistic approach to care, addressing a range of social, physical, and emotional needs informed by the Collaborative Relational Practice (CRP) and supported by best practice in evidence-based and evidence informed care. The GMMHC has a strong focus on lived experience and provides support via a high engagement, multi-disciplinary model.

The Mental Health Clinician role provides high quality services to service users requiring immediate and or short to medium term mental health care and support. As an Allied Health Professional, the Mental Health Clinician will draw on their discipline skills, engage with guests (consumers), other clinicians, the guest's treatment team, Neami Lived Experience staff and family/friends/carers to provide high quality assessments and interventions aimed at improving mental health outcomes for guests accessing GMMHC. This work will focus on clinical assessment and collaborative care planning.

About Neami National

We're Neami. We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life. We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental health and wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.

We're proud to support 34,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands.

Values

Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

• Connecting
• Collaborating
• Learning
• Belonging

What will Neami offer

• Generous leave entitlements including Wellness Leave and Parental Leave (pro-rata if part-time)
• Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Fitness Passport membership to support your health and wellbeing (available in most States/Territories and subject to minimum working hours and/or length of service)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family

What you will bring to the role

• Formal tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or related
• Current full registration as an Enrolled Nurse/Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), OR
• Current full registration as a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), OR
• Current full registration as a Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW),or be eligible to hold membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Proven experience at a clinical level within the area of mental health service delivery
• Demonstrated skill in the application of recovery-based approaches in a clinical setting
• Experience working as a member of a multi- disciplinary team with the ability to inspire and facilitate team commitment and cooperation
• Demonstrated experience in preparation of reports with recommendations
• Experience working across a range of Commonwealth and State funded mental health programs and ensuring program implementation in line with funding requirements and contracts
• Demonstrated ability to form and nurture partnerships with government and non-government mental health, emergency and community service providers

Desirable:

• Formal mental health accreditation relevant to professional discipline.
• Postgraduate qualification in Mental health.
• Knowledge and experience with a range of evidence based AOD specific models and interventions.

What the role requires

• National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check - required before commencement of work
• Australian working rights
• A valid driver's licence

How to Apply

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal (please select the paperclip icon in the top right-hand corner).

To apply for this position, please click "Apply Now" button, then:

• Click the 'Apply' button where you will need to create a username and password
• Upload your resume and cover letter.

When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked). Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).

If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:

Darren Riggon, Clinical Services Manager - [email protected] using the subject line: Mental Health Clinician - Geelong enquiry via EthicalJobs.

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We're passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.

If you have any technical issues when applying for this role, please email [email protected] for assistance.

If your application is shortlisted:

• We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss therole and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
• We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying as LGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in whichwe live.

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