OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
• Valid Working with Children Check
• Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

ABOUT THE ROLE:

You will be responsible for providing clinical education and professional development to all Mental Health Clinicians with an Occupational Therapy background with a particular focus on supporting Grade 1 clinicians in the service. You will foster skill development in assessment, therapy and case management for consumers aged 0–11-year-old and their families who are receiving care in one of the tertiary level teams or at the Brimbank Melton Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Local. You will also model and support the provision of discipline specific Occupational Therapy assessments and interventions offered in the department.
More broadly you will form part of the department’s training and development team along with clinical educators from other disciplines to coordinate and contribute to the service’s professional development needs and activities.

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL HAVE:

• Demonstrated clinical skills and significant experience in the provision of effective and efficient care in a Child and Adolescent/Youth Mental Health Service
• Demonstrated experience in leadership and professional supervision of Occupational Therapy clinicians and students
• A commitment and evidence of evidence-based practice and continuing professional development including an ability to find and apply evidence in decision-making
• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills and inter-personal skills
• Publication experience in peer reviewed journals and at relevant conferences
• Demonstrated awareness and understanding of legal obligations when working in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service context in Victoria