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Administration Officer

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Looking for an administration officer with mental health experience for Mental Health Forensic Interface Team.
• Fixed term position until 30/06/2027 - 0.5EFT (5 days a fortnight).
• Based in North Melbourne.

Your new team

MH-FIT is a state-wide specialist service that operates in the North and the West of Victoria and provides a service to individuals, across the age range, referred by the Victorian Fixated Threat Assessment Centre (VFTAC) and forensic clinical specialists in area mental health services. 

The team provide a range of clinical mental health services to those with a mental illness and at risk of serious offending, especially a pathological grievance, expressed through violent behaviour in the context of making threats against public office holders and/or expressing radicalism and extremism to the extent that the public may be placed at risk.

We are:

• A specialist clinical enhancement treatment & support team
• We work collaboratively with other area mental health services or service providers
• Provide mental health and forensic assessment, including violence risk assessment
• Provide assertive individualised treatment and care
• Host case planning meetings with multiple services
• Provide coordination of care
• We aim to adopt a proactive, preventative and targeted approach towards early intervention. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure approved databases are accurate and required data is entered accurately and in a timely manner, including but not limited to: consumer registrations, admissions, leave, discharges, opening and closing Case/Episodes, entering clinical review and referral data, entering wellbeing scales and contact data.
• Use the statewide mental health, hospital and local information management systems efficiently and appropriately (CMI, iPM, Epic)
• Ensure reconciliation between statewide mental health, hospital and local information management systems in accordance with network policy.
• Collate and maintaining KPI and performance data as directed by manager.
• Maintain storage areas ensuring adequate supplies of approved forms are available
• Assist in ensuring all legal documentation is complete and accurate and forwarded when necessary to the appropriate coordinator within the area mental health service
• Comply with NWAMHS confidentiality requirements

About You:

• Past work experience in a mental health service
• Past work experience in an inpatient setting preferable but not an exclusion.
• Experience using the Victorian mental health statewide information system, CMI/RAPID
• Experience using iPM and Epic
• Relevant experience and ability to provide a broad range of administrative and intermediate level keyboard support functions including word processing and database entry
• Competent application of the Microsoft Office Suite package
• Demonstrated ability to manage concurrent tasks
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines
• Flexibility to change as HiTH evolves and grows

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
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities
• RMH is a values led organisation – People First, Lead with Kindness and Excellence together!

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Interested? Click on the apply button! Recruitment is ongoing, and 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.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

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.