The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Community Mental Health Key Clinician, Acute Response Team

Occupational Therapist - 4, Social Worker - 4, Psychologist - 3

• On going opportunity | Full time or Part time
• Team with acute mental health function based in Moonee Ponds
• Mix of assertive outreach community and clinic-based work

About the role

Make a meaningful impact where it matters most. Join the Mental Health Acute Response Team (MH-ART) at The Royal Melbourne Hospital and use your clinical expertise to support consumers experiencing acute mental distress or illness in the community.

Based in Moonee Ponds, you’ll work across Melbourne’s CBD and Inner West, providing responsive, intensive community-based care including acute assessment, brief intervention, medication support, psychosocial interventions and care coordination.

As a Senior Mental Health Clinician, you’ll bring advanced clinical skills to complex presentations, providing evidence-based assessment, formulation and intervention through a strengths-based, person-centred approach. You’ll also help shape the capability of fellow clinicians, supporting the development of acute mental health skills across the team.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide support and leadership in the delivery of evidence-based treatment and interventions, ensuring the provision of high-quality assertive outreach and brief interventions for adults experiencing acute mental health issues.
• Work with a team of enthusiastic multidiscipline professionals providing assertive outreach and high-quality care to people in challenging period of their life.
• Facilitate high standard acute mental health services, and contribute to training for clinicians developing their acute mental health skills.
• Enjoy the benefits of working closely with colleagues in a combination of clinic based and assertive outreach work across Inner West catchment.

About You

You are an experienced mental health clinician with at least five years’ post-registration experience, bringing strong clinical expertise and leadership to support people experiencing complex mental health challenges and contribute to the development of others.

You will bring:

• Current registration as an Occupational Therapist or Psychologist, or eligibility for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers.
• At least five years’ post-registration experience in mental health, with extensive experience assessing and treating people experiencing acute mental ill health or distress.
• Strong clinical leadership, communication and multidisciplinary collaboration skills.
• A sound understanding of the Mental Health Act and relevant legislation.

Benefits of Working at RMH

• Meaningful Work
  Make a real difference in the lives of patients, families and our community.
• Career Growth
  Access learning, development, and diverse career opportunities.
• Supportive Culture & Belonging
  Join in a diverse and values-led organisation built on kindness, collaboration and inclusion.
• Innovation
  Help shape the future of healthcare through research, technology and new models of care.
• World-Class Excellence
  Work alongside leading healthcare professionals at one of Australia's premier public hospitals, within the Parkville Precinct—one of the world's leading biomedical and research precincts.
• Enjoy great employee benefits
  Salary packaging of up to $12,000 tax free and generous leave entitlements, including additional annual leave and a monthly accrued day off for eligible full-time staff (role/EBA dependent).

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Interested?

Click Apply to submit your application, please include a cover letter and resume.

Interviews may commence as applications are received. Early applications are encouraged as the role may close once filled.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work and are committed to a culturally safe environment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.