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.

LGBTIQA+ Mental Health Clinician

OT/SW Grade 4, RPN4, Psychologist Grade 3

The Royal Melbourne Hospital Mental Health Services (RMH MHS)

• New role to support LGBTIQA+ consumers experiencing mental ill health or distress
• Permanent Part Time
• Work across bed based and community services
• Mix of direct client work, consultation and service development opportunities
• Make a difference for LGBTIQA+ consumers across large mental health service

About RMH MHS and the Community Team

 As part of commitment to providing equity in health care, RMH MHS is establishing the LGBTIQA+ Mental Health Senior Clinician role. This role supports the service to embed diversity, equity and inclusion through an intersectional lens and drive best practice in LGBTIQA+ mental health treatment, care and support alongside consumers, carers and communities.

Your new role

• Provide direct clinical interventions and secondary consultations to support consumers, carers and family as they move through the service
• Participate in review and enhancement of procedures and policies, improve linkages and relationships across the service and with other stakeholders.
• Work with enthusiastic multidiscipline professionals including existing LGBTIQA+ roles at RMH 
• Demonstrate and extend your leadership skills to drive best practice and positive culture across RMH MHS
• Actively engage in supervision, support activities, discipline specific meetings and professional development

About you

• Motivated to champion LGBTIQA+ inclusive and affirming practice across all RMH MHS teams
• Possess formal qualifications and registration as an Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Social Worker or Registered Psychiatric Nurse.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Show leadership skills including initiative, advanced communication skills and the capacity and willingness to further develop these

Why work at RMH MHS?

• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Interesting variety of work in a very welcoming team, in a unique setting and location
• Generous leave entitlements including 5 weeks annual, 17.5% leave loading and monthly ADOs for full time employees
• Enjoy discounted health and fitness facility access with Fitness Passport

Interested?

If you are looking for a challenging role and can demonstrate the above capabilities, connect with us.

For a confidential discussion please connect via the details below.

Joe Judge – Joseph.Judge@mh.org.au

Please Note: We will be shortlisting and arranging interviews promptly and as a result, this job advert may close early.

Name and Contact:  Joe Judge 0499 572 990

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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.