Mental Health Clinician at St John of God Health Care

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

29 Jun, 26

Salary

114129.0

Posted On

31 Mar, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Mental Health Social Work, Psychology, Evidence-Based Practice, Counselling, Psychotherapy, Community Care, Clinical Assessment, Intervention, Evaluation, Supervision, Mentoring, Multidisciplinary Teamwork, Clinical Documentation, Reflective Practice, Quality Improvement, Leadership

Industry

Hospitals and Health Care

Description

Your role at St John of God Social Outreach We are looking to hire a Mental Health Social Worker (Grade 2) or Psychologist on a permanent part-time basis to join our Mental Wellbeing Services in Bendigo, Victoria. Our team comes from a range of clinical, health and community care backgrounds. Together, we offer an equally broad range of evidence-based mental health support and education, counselling and psychotherapy services. All delivered in the community. All tailored to suit the individuals and families that need them. All in partnership with general practitioners and other local healthcare providers. You will be expected to work independently and demonstrate a specialist level knowledge and depth of experience, participate in teaching, training and research, to supervisor students and mentor junior caregivers. The Position Provide evidence based Mental Wellbeing Services to consumers/carers within the clinical specialty area/s. Provide mental health assessment, intervention and evaluation at an advanced practice level for complex and general caseload/s. Ensures prioritisation and delegation of duties for own caseload and supervised caregivers. Contributes to the evaluation of the Mental Wellbeing Service and Clinical Specialty, to ensure continuous improvement. Ensures effective multidisciplinary teamwork through professional communication and comprehensive liaison with colleagues, consumers/carers and service providers. Ensures maintenance of appropriate clinical documentation and clinical information systems. Demonstrates reflective practice and commitment to professional development. Supports the Mental Wellbeing Service through communicating issues and ideas for enhancing the service (through to the Manager). You will have senior clinical experience and leadership in a specialised area of practice within a healthcare setting, ability to undertake professional supervision and/or mentor junior staff and develop evidence based, innovative clinical practices and initiation of quality improvement activities. Successful applicants will have tertiary qualifications in Social Work and be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Work and eligible for Mental Health credentialing. Must be eligible for a Medicare provider number. Above all, patient care will be at the core of everything you do committing to and supporting our Mission and Values. We can offer: Social Worker Grade 2: $95,432 to $114,129 (pro-rata for part-time) plus 12% superannuation Psychologist Grade 2: $95,926 to $110,468 (pro-rata for part-time) plus 12% Superannuation Permanent part-time working 22.5 hours per week Salary packaging up to $18,550 on a range of benefits such as mortgage, rent, meal entertainment, holiday accommodation or other everyday living expenses as well as options to salary package benefits above the FBT cap on items such as: Novated leasing work related expenses self-education and additional superannuation A healthy work-life balance through flexible work options, additional purchased leave & well-being programs Employee discount on St John of God Hospital & Medical Services and Private Health Insurance For enquiries, please contact Janet Foggin, Manager Mental Wellbeing & Raphael Services VIC on 0476 815 588. Please note: If suitable candidates are identified, shortlisting and interviews may begin before the advertisement closes. At St John of God Social Outreach, we celebrate diversity and warmly welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. Our commitment is to create a safe and nurturing environment for all children and vulnerable individuals in our care and proactively take steps to protect them from abuse, ensuring their safety and well-being. Our inclusive culture fosters an environment that is respectful and secure, welcoming and accessible, and unified through our diverse community. At St John of God Health Care we support you to be the best health care professional or support worker you can be. We believe positive culture drives performance, so we are focussed on building collaborative and supportive team environments, providing opportunities for development and promotion, and ensuring our leaders are visible and accessible. As one of the largest Catholic providers of health care services in Australia, St John of God Health Care is a great place to work with a host of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, and a great work life balance. Our caregivers come from diverse backgrounds and belief systems and you don’t need to be Catholic to work with us. Working as an allied health practitioner provides a varied and rewarding career path, with opportunities to use and expand your skills. Our hospitals and community and disability services have a range of allied health services and many offer dedicated rehabilitation and mental health services, across inpatient and outpatient services.

Responsibilities

The role involves providing evidence-based mental wellbeing services, including advanced practice level assessment, intervention, and evaluation for complex caseloads within a clinical specialty area. Responsibilities also include contributing to service evaluation, ensuring effective multidisciplinary teamwork, and maintaining appropriate clinical documentation.