Job posted: 06/09/2024
Organisation: The Royal Children's Hospital
Occupation: Medical and Nursing
Reference: 11480
Closes: 04/10/2024
Classification: Undefined
Salary Range: $106,158 - $121,477
About the Role:
We have multiple permanent part-time (or casual) night shifts available (up to 40 hours per week vacant) within the Emergency Mental Health Team. EFT negotiable!
You will be responsible for working collaboratively with the Emergency Department staff regarding the management of mental health presentations, providing support to families and carers, liaising with emergency services, contributing to research and evaluation activities, and facilitating mental health promotion and education.
What You’ll Achieve:
- Purposefully and expertly engage children, adolescents, and their families in high-quality recovery-focused care through assessment and intervention.
- Provide leadership through modeling a high standard of professional and interpersonal skills, attitudes, and behaviours.
- Build and maintain relationships with Emergency Department staff, Consultant Psychiatrists, community agencies to maximize service coordination and cooperation.
- Complete accurate, timely, and professional clinical record keeping and documentation.
We are looking for experienced Senior Mental Health Clinicians (Grade 3 Psychologist, Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, or Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurse). Current Registration as an Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, or Registered Nurse with the applicable Health Practitioner Board or a qualified Social Worker. For Psychologists, this means full registration with the Psychology Board of Australia and endorsement as Clinical Psychologist with the Psychology Registration Board of Australia (Masters Degree minimum). Australian working rights.
Your Skills and Experience:
- Demonstrated expert clinical skills and experience in the provision of child and adolescent mental health care within a trauma-informed framework. Extensive experience working with families/carers would be highly regarded.
- Demonstrated clinical skills and experience in the provision of effective and efficient child and adolescent triage, assessment, and mental health care.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain working relationships with key stakeholders to maximize service coordination.
- Capacity to provide systemic containment, education, and support predominantly to medical systems of care, DFFHS, and youth residential care services.
Other Requirements:
- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain.
- Valid Working with Children Check.
- Compliance with RCH's “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure.
Application Process:
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately; we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact either Sarah Dordevic or Olga Pantazopoulos, Emergency Mental Health Coordinators at
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse backgrounds, all members of the LGBTQI community, and people with disabilities.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply ” button.
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