• Play a key role in the development of service from its establishment phase
• Build your leadership career at a service invested in your development
• Multidisciplinary role – Open to Senior RPN & OT, Psychologists & Social Workers
• 2 x Permanent Positions – FTE Negotiable ( Part Time/Full Time Opportunities)

About the new service

The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System has challenged us to think beyond incremental improvement to deliver a mental health system that helps all Victorians live their best lives. In a region characterised by fragmentation, complexity, and access barriers, implementing the Greater Geelong and Borough of Queenscliffe (GGQ) Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is a key step in realising this goal.

The GGQ Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is delivered by a consortium of equal partners: Barwon Health, Watharoung Aboriginal Cooperative Ltd, Wellways Australia and ERMHA365.

The GGQ Local Service is underpinned by positivity, hope and inclusion. No matter whether a consumer, carer or provider enters or seeks assistance via digital platforms, contact centre, or physical locations, the first engagement will always start with a simple question: “Welcome, how can we help?” Drawing on established services, networks, and pathways, the GGQ Local Services provides seamless integration between local, area and wellbeing services for the benefit of consumers, carers, and providers. This is supported through standardised assessment tools, treatment and support processes, care plans and care coordination, colocation of services and regional navigational pathways.

The three core elements of our service are people, purpose, and place. We are seeking a highly motivated mental health professional who is capable of facilitating excellence in integrated, holistic health care, with the goal of improving outcomes for consumers, carers, and the wider community.

About the Role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a registered psychiatric nurse, or allied health professional to take the next step in their clinical career at a mental health service committed to creating change in the community.  We offer unique opportunities for career growth including a breadth of role diversity, flexibility in working arrangements and personalised career pathways. If you are seeking role that can have a positive impact on the direction of your career and the lives of your community, connect with us today.

Please note this position requires occasional after business hours and weekend work.

Your key functions:

• Provide consumers and their families a range of clinical therapies and primary and secondary consultation within and external to the Locals service
• Demonstrate leadership in both the ongoing development of the Locals service and day-to-day operations of the team.
• Provide high-quality clinical and line management supervision for clinical staff within the Locals Service.
• Facilitate effective collaboration within the Consortium partnership and actively contribute to accurate data reporting, service development, quality improvement and evaluation for the Locals Services

Your experience

• Formal professionally recognised qualifications in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Social Work
• Highly developed skills in the holistic assessment of consumers’ mental health and associated physical health and psychosocial needs
• Demonstrated advanced level of clinical skills in the assessment and treatment of people with substance use and co-morbid mental health disorders in a community setting
• Significant experience in delivering evidence informed, person-centred and recovery oriented mental health services in the community

What we offer

• Relocation Package & assistance available for suitable interstate candidates
• Located in the centre of Geelong’s CBD, we also offer an easier commute from the Western Suburbs of Melbourne, rather than travelling across the city
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to 24/7 employee wellness facility
• Attractive salary packaging benefits! Living Expenses capped at $9,010 and includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans and rental payments / Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650 and includes food and drink consumed in a social or entertainment settings and some accommodation expenditure

Diversity and Inclusion

The GGC Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Service is committed to reconciliation, lived experience and inclusivity. We strongly encourage and warmly welcome people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, people with a lived experience of mental health and disability and people who identify as LGBTIQA+ to apply. Even if you only meet some of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you. If we can assist you with any reasonable adjustments in order to submit your application for this role, please contact the Mental Health Recruitment team via email at [email protected] noting your preferred method of communication and contact details and a member of the team will be in touch.