- Opportunity for a Registered Psychiatric Nurse to join a supportive and experienced unit
- Enhance your clinical skills working closely with key external stakeholders
- Idyllic work/life balance – Permanent Part Time – 48 hours per fortnight
About the facility
The multidisciplinary phone triage team is one of four teams within the community acute intervention service. The team offers intake, advice and referral to consumers aged 26-64yrs during business hours as well as servicing all ages’ crisis contacts outside of business hours, 7 days per week. Its aim is to provide timely and effective phone-based assessment to triage the mental health and/or drug and alcohol needs of consumers and their families. The Acute Intervention Service is experiencing considerable growth as part of the Barwon Health Mental Health Drug and Alcohol Service and therefore creates many opportunities for career progression and varied opportunities.
About the Role
As the Senior Clinician, you will have highly proficient phone triage skills to complete assessments of consumer needs and refer onto the most appropriate service. Referrals come from consumers, carers or other stakeholders calling in via a central intake phone number. Senior clinicians will demonstrate leadership in both the ongoing development of the team and support the C-AIS manager with day-to-day operations of the team. You will be expected to be proficient in;
- Gathering details of mental health and drug and alcohol histories from consumers, carers and other treating professionals
- Using the Victorian state-wide triage scale
- Referring internal to other Barwon Health Mental Health Drug and Alcohol agencies, as well as the local AOD consortium members and other mental health and psycho-social support agencies in the local area
- The team works on a 7-day per week roster with an expectation of working a mix of weekdays, weekends morning shift (0700hrs) and afternoon shift (1330hrs). The team allows self-rostering to ensure a healthy work lie balance.
About the culture
We are a highly motivated team that relies heavily on autonomous decision making with day-to-day triage work and strongly encourages collaborative, team-focussed decision making for more complex high-risk presentations.
What we offer
- Relocation assistance & packages available
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional Development
- Opportunity to purchase additional leave and take leave without pay
- Doorstep to the Great Ocean Road, Bellarine Peninsula and Surf Coast
- Access to 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
At Barwon Health we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
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.
This role must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and meet the requirements of the Barwon Health Immunisation Policy.
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