Youth Mental Health Clinician
Orygen Specialist Programs
- Opportunity to develop specialist skills in youth suicide prevention
- Part time, working 60.4 hours per fortnight, Mon – Fri business hours
- Engage and support young people and their families in navigating mental health services
Orygen Youth Health Specialist Programs (OSP), a program of The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s NorthWestern Mental Health Service, provides specialist mental health services for young people aged 15 to 24 and focuses on providing early intervention to young people with severe and complex mental illness. OSP also works alongside Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health which operates four primary mental health care headspace services in the catchment area
The Hospital Post Suicide Engagement service (HOPE) is a new postvention program borne out of the need identified following the Royal Commission into Victorian Mental Health services. The service has been codesigned with lived Experience associates with the aims to provide intensive and targeted wrap around supports to young people who have presented with acute onset of deliberate self-harm, suicidal thoughts and/or suicide attempt(s).
Your new role
- Develop specialist skills in postvention assessment, safety and risk management as well as provide brief targeted interventions
- Utilise relational formulation in safety planning and treatment intervention
- Maintain high levels of clinical documentation, record keeping and report writing
- Access specialist clinical training with regular professional development
- Emphasis on psychosocial recovery to optimise youth quality of life outcomes
About You
- Experience delivering specialist mental health treatment ideally having had previous youth mental health experience
- High level of reliability and professional conduct with a passion for youth mental health
- A current Victorian Driver’s licence, and ongoing ability to use this form of transport
- Understanding of legislation pertinent to the provision of mental health services
- Passionate in delivering youth mental health services
Benefits of working with Orygen/RMH
- A rewarding career offering great prospects for career diversity and professional advancement including mentorship and leadership programs
- Comprehensive Health & Wellbeing Programs including; RMH on-site staff gym, Staff Medical Service, Employee Assistance Program, Peer Support Program
- Salarly Packaging options, monthly ADO’s That’s an additional day off every month!)
The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.
Interested?
If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.
For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check, and where applicable, Working With Children Check (WWCC). All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment including evidence of vaccination against COVID-19 (3 doses) and Influenza with a TGA approved vaccine (mandatory for all clinical and or patient facing roles) prior to commencement. This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health’s Mandatory Vaccination Orders for COVID-19 and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination