Mental Health Clinician - Melbourne, Australia - The Royal Melbourne Hospital

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

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Melbourne, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

Location: Melbourne | Parkville

Job type:
Full time, Part time

Organisation:
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Health and Allied Health, Medical, Nursing

Reference: 74502

Mental Health Clinician - Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service
- **Excellent team culture, training and supervision, and prof dev opportunities**:

Multiple Part Time and Full time Fixed Term (June 2026) roles:
Based across Parkville and Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precincts

Your new role

This is a multidisciplinary role and is open to Grade 2 or 3 Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists (Clinical/Forensic), and Grade 3 or 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurses.

In this role, you will:

Provide clinical assessments and treatment to young people in youth justice custody, including appropriate discharge planning, care team liaison and ageappropriate referrals to support their transition back into the community
Work collaboratively and feel very supported by our experienced and skilled clinical & medical staff and engage with our keystakeholders from youth justice (YJ) and other service providers (CCA, Barwon Health & Caraniche)
Be based at either the Parkville, Malmsbury or Cherry Creek Youth Justice Precinct. As such, travel to the workplace destination can be included within the working hours.

Your new team:

Orygen Specialist Program (OSP), is a program of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, that provides specialist mental health services for young people aged 15 to 25 and focuses on providing early intervention to young people with severe and complex mental illness.

Custodial Forensic Youth Mental Health Service (FYMHS) provides specialist youth mental health care in youth justice custodial settings including the Parkville, Malmsbury and Cherry Creek sites.

About You:

Relevant registration and qualifications (see position description for details)
Knowledge of the youth justice and/or criminal justice system and other relevant settings is desirable.

Benefits of working with Orygen Specialist Program:

Join us during this incredibly exciting time of growth and change
career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals
Enjoy excellent worklife balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport
Interested?
If you're ready to make a real and positive impact amongst the youth justice population by providing high quality assessment, evidence based treatment, care team consultation / liaison and support / service linkages for young people within & exiting custody, we would love to discuss this exciting role with you in more detail. If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us via the details below._