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Senior Clinician – HYPE Stream
Orygen Specialist Program
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Part-time position (0.6 EFT) until April 2026
• Senior Allied Health Grade 3; Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Clinical Psychologist or Registered Psychiatric Nurse Grade 4
• Based in Parkville, with satellite sites in Craigieburn and Glenroy

About The Royal Melbourne Hospital:

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) part of the Parkville Precinct and is one of Australia's leading public hospitals, providing a comprehensive range of specialist medical, surgical, and mental health services, as well as rehabilitation, aged care, specialist clinics and community programs.

Orygen Specialist Programs (OSP), part of Melbourne Health, provides early intervention mental health services for young people aged 12–24, addressing complex needs like psychosis, mood, personality disorders, and co-occurring conditions. In partnership with Orygen, it supports headspace centres and includes the HYPE program, which offers evidence-based early intervention for young people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and related mental health issues.

Benefits of working at RMH:

• Salary packaging options, earn up to $12,000 tax free earnings!
• 5 weeks annual leave plus monthly ADO’s for full time employees
• Discounted gyms and health centre access with Fitness Passport
• Career progression opportunities to suit your professional development goals

About the role:

Your success in this role, will be your ability to:

• Provide comprehensive clinical case management and psychological therapy to clients of the HYPE Stream
• HYPE’s model of Relational Clinical Care comprises assertive clinical case management, general psychiatric care, individual psychotherapy (using Cognitive Analytic Therapy), family work and other supports such a vocational-educational support.  Applicants do not have to have training in cognitive analytic therapy and will receive training and supervision for such while in this role.
• The Clinical Case Manager works within a specialist multidisciplinary team environment and is responsible for devising, implementing and evaluating an appropriate treatment plan for each young person and their family. This involves provision of highly skilled clinical assessments, psychological treatments, home-based assertive outreach to facilitate engagement and case management tasks, such as liaison with other agencies and advocacy on behalf of the young person
• Function autonomously, carry a caseload of clients, participate in clinical review meetings and practice according to the philosophy and protocols of the service
• Provide interventions to clients from a range of Clinical Streams and spend time working within other programs such as the Youth Access Team or the Outreach team

About you:

Formal Qualifications

• This is a multidisciplinary role open to Grade 4 Registered Psychiatric Nurses, Grade 3 Social Workers, Psychologists or Occupational Therapists (must hold relevant degree, registration and/or membership as per attached Position Description)

Essential

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in provision of mental health treatment, including with young people
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and respectfully with young people & families
• Ability to work independently and as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of the rationale and evidence for early intervention in mental illness
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

To view the full Position Description, please click here.

Please note, recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as soon as suitable applications are received. Advertising may cease prior to the closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and Working With Children Check. All RMH employees are required to provide evidence of an immunisation assessment.

The RMH 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.