Job Description
Clinical Specialist Mood
Req ID:  4225
Posting Start Date:  02/07/2025
Advertisement End Date:  01/08/2025
Work Location:  PYMHWS Parkville

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is a new, dedicated public youth mental health service and is the first of its kind in Australia. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team.
Job Description: 

Clinical Specialist – MOOD

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS)

 

Join the Youth MOOD Clinic in an exciting Grade 4 OT, SW, Psychology or Grade 5 RPN role

  • 0.6 EFT Part-Time, Contract until August 2025
  • Based in Parkville with Satellite Services at Glenroy and Craigeburn
  • Opportunities to participate in research, clinical training and service development

 

About Us: 

Parkville Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing Service (PYMHWS) is Victoria’s newest public mental health service dedicated to the care of young people aged 12 to 25 experiencing complex mental health challenges.  

PYMHWS is leading a bold and values-driven transformation in youth mental health care across Melbourne’s north and west. We exist to walk alongside young people, their families, carers, supporters and kin delivering care that is accessible, inclusive, developmentally appropriate, evidence-informed, and grounded in lived experience. Our service model is shaped by the voices of young people and their communities, and underpinned by a commitment to safety, equity, and continuous learning. 

At PYMHWS, we are working with our community and partners to build in a future where all young people can access world-class mental health support, close to home. As we grow, we are looking for passionate, skilled, and visionary professionals to join us in shaping a new era of youth mental health in Victoria.   

 

About the role:

The Youth MOOD Clinic provides specialist early interventions to young people and their families/carers experiencing severe mood disorders. 

This position offers an exceptional opportunity for an experienced clinician to combine clinical expertise with service development. As a Clinical Specialist, you will:

  • Deliver evidence-based care, both as an individual and building the capacity of a team
  • Develop and support the delivery of innovative, recovery-focused, evidence-based interventions within the clinical program
  • Work with a passionate leadership team in an expanding organisation with a focus on excellence in youth mental health service provision
  • Provide clinical leadership, management, training and supervision across a multidisciplinary team
  • Undertake relevant, time-limited project work that enables significant model and practice change

 

You will have:

  • Passion for a specific area of clinical service delivery such as family interventions, psychological interventions, youth addiction, physical health, neurodevelopmental or forensic issues
  • Significant experience in clinical practice within the mental health field, preferably with young people experiencing complex mental health disorders
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, consumers and families
  • Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills and the capacity to adapt to the changing needs of an evolving service

 

Benefits of working with PYMHWS:

  • Join us during this inspiring time of growth and change - career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals.
  • Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
  • Salary packaging

 

Interested?

If you are looking for an exciting and diverse role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us for a confidential discussion. Please connect via the details below.

 

To view the full Position Description, please click HERE
Name and Contact:  Laura Nichols 9966 9100

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and a Working with Children Check. Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment prior to commencement.

PYMHWS stands in solidarity with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in work and care. We are proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community.  Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply to our vacancies, and will consider adjustments to support such applications.