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Team Leader | Continuing Care Team Apply locations VIC - Melbourne, Eastern Suburbs time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id JR136268 Job Description:

• Hawthorn East location
• Senior clinical position with an over award rate
• Full time permanent opportunity

About the Role

Centrally located and close to multiple public transport routes. A great opportunity to increase your skills in a leadership capacity. You will provide a high standard of leadership, clinical support, and supervision to clinical staff based within the Continuing Care Team at Hawthorn Clinic.

You will join a dynamic community mental health team operating under a recovery-oriented model of care, utilising the Strengths Model of Case Management.

• Work within the Strengths Model of recovery orientated practice providing supervision and leadership to clinical staff
• Work together with the Team Manager to provide operational oversight, and develop processes, which improve the delivery of clinical care to consumers and their families/carers
• When required, undertake the assessment, provision of treatment and delivery of targeted interventions to consumers with complex mental health related needs and their family/carers

Classification Range

• OT/SW Grade 3 YB24 - YB27 or YC46 - YC49 ($99,606 - $113,796 per annum)
• Psychologist Grade 3 PL1 – PL4 ($104,078 - $119,095 per annum pro rata)
• RPN Grade 4 NP75 - NP77 ($110,80 - $115,850 per annum pro rata)
• An over award amount of $14,000 per annum is attached on top of the base salary

Your Contribution

• Current registration with AHPRA (if relevant)
• A minimum of 5 years post qualification clinical experience for Nursing, and 7 years post qualification clinical experience for Allied Health within Mental Health Services
• Extensive experience in the provision of assessment, discipline specific intervention and case management services for consumers experiencing early psychosis, as well as providing appropriate support for their carers and families within a recovery framework
• Experience in providing clinical supervision and leadership to other mental health staff
• A comprehensive understanding and working knowledge of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 ) and other relevant legislation
• Current Victorian driver’s license
• Current National Criminal History Check, or willing to obtain

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
• A healthy work/life balance encouraged.
• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
• Culture of continuous improvement

About the Hawthorn Mental Health Continuing Care Team

St. Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) includes an adult area mental health service for the inner city area of Boroondara. 

The Continuing Care Team provide ongoing specialist treatment and support to meet the identified needs of consumers who have a lived experience of mental ill health and associated complex needs. The multidisciplinary team provides a range of clinical and therapeutic interventions using the recovery-focused Strengths Model of Recovery-Oriented Practice.

Working at St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

This position is subject to a Victorian government direction regarding vaccination against COVID-19. Successful applicants must meet these vaccination requirements. Please contact us if you would like to know more.

Contact:

Jennie Fairclough, Manager Hawthorn Community Mental Health Service,

Position Description and Critical Job Demands Checklist: Review the following documents:

JR136268_Team Leader PD.pdf

Contact Details: Jennie Fairclough, Community Manager. 0478 970 172Alternate Contact: Closing Date: 2 June 2024 11:59pmReconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

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Become a healthcare superhero About Us

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a Catholic not-for-profit healthcare provider with a reputation for compassionate care and world-leading innovation. Part of the St Vincent’s Health Australia group, we are a leading tertiary teaching hospital providing a comprehensive suite of services including acute medical and surgical services, emergency and critical care, aged care, diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative and residential care. 

Operating from 18 sites across greater Melbourne, this includes a major teaching, academic research and tertiary referral centre situated in Fitzroy, a soon to be established Rapid Access Hub at St Vincent’s Hospital on The Park, St George’s Health Service Kew, palliative care at Caritas Christi Hospice, as well as aged care, correctional health, mental health and community centres, pathology collection centres, general practice services and dialysis satellite centres. We continue to be at the forefront of care for Victoria’s most in-need communities. 

Employing more than 7,000 staff and with over 880 beds in daily use, the core aim of SVHM is to improve the patient experience through better access, superior outcomes and a more efficient and responsive health service. 

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