MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN – TASMANIA – MULTIPLE POSITIONS

Job description

MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN

THE ROLE

Salary: $80 per hour + Super + Salary Packaging

Location: Tasmania – various locations

Accommodation: Travel and accommodation included

Contract: 3 months with option of extension

As a Mental Health Clinician you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering person centred, recovery orientated and trauma informed care, in accordance with National Standards for Mental Health Services, Agency policies and procedures, legal requirements and relevant professional competencies. As part of the Acute Care Team you will:

• Undertake the delivery of quality care to consumers, their families, and carers of the Acute Care Team (ACT) service, based on best practice principles including recovery oriented practice, the Triangle of Care Framework and Trauma Informed Care, within a collaborative and multidisciplinary environment.
• Provide assertive community based mental health care to consumers of the service through active therapeutic engagement, monitoring and review of mental state and response to treatments and ongoing psycho therapeutic work using a range of modalities and techniques including service and family and carer liaison and collaboration.
• Provide specialist assessment and treatment services to consumers of the ACT, including triage and assessments, safety planning and contributing specialist skills and experience to treatment and transfer of care and discharge planning, in the consumer’s home and/or the community.
• Promote community awareness in relation to mental health and act as a consultant to other services regarding the support and care of consumers with mental health needs in the community setting.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

• AASW eligibility or AHPRA Registration
• Strong acute/inpatient/triage experience working with either adults, older persons OR children and adolescents
• Strong assessment and triage skills
• Experience working within a similar role
• National Police Check or willingness to obtain one
• Working With Children’s Check or willingness to obtain one
• Covid-19 vaccinated

If you are interested in this role and you meet the above requirements, please email a copy of your resume to [email protected] or alternatively for a chat about the role, call 0421 205 113.