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Key Clinician – Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement
The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Part-time Fixed-term position, working 64 hours per fortnight
• Multidisciplinary role providing support to individuals after a suicide attempt
• Based in Parkville, Melbourne’s central healthcare hub

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.

The Hospital Outreach Post-Suicidal Engagement (HOPE) program has been developed to provide support to individuals following a suicide attempt or after displaying serious suicide ideation, intent or planning in the RMH Mental Health Services (MHS) catchment area (City of Melbourne and Moonee Valley).  HOPE will support clients for a period of up to 12 weeks, providing assertive and coordinated engagement via both outreach and clinic based therapeutic interventions within a collaborative clinical and non-clinical team.

Benefits of working at RMH:

• Salary packaging options, earn up to $12,000 tax free earnings!
• 5 weeks annual leave (pro-rata for part-time) plus leave loading
• Discounted gyms and health centre access with Fitness Passport
• Fantastic learning and development opportunities

About the role:

• The HOPE team is embedded within the Post Discharge Mental Health Support Program offered by RMH MHS.
• Outreach assessment in an acute setting
• Hospital based referral as well as expanded community referrals
• We are a small, supportive team who are passionate about supporting individuals and their families and carers following mental health crisis

About you:

Formal Qualifications

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

Essential

• Contribute to a clinical and non-clinical team that will work collaboratively with consumers, carers and families to provide outreach assistance that aims to achieve their goals
• Demonstrate expertise in identifying suitable support agencies
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team
• You have a demonstrated ability to engage individuals or families through telephone, face to face or online meetings in an empathic manner
• Resilience, empathy, self-awareness, excellent communication and interpersonal 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.