The Royal Children's Hospital

LHPMH Mental Health Counsellor - Residential Aged Care

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Job Description

Yea & District Memorial Hospital (YDMH) is seeking the following:

Lower Hume Primary Mental Health

Mental Health Counsellor – Residential Aged Care

Fixed Term to 30/06/2027

0.4 FTE

Allied Health Professionals (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) enterprise Agreement 2021-2026

or

Medical Scientists, Pharmacists and Psychologists (Victorian Public Sector) (Single Interest Employers) Enterprise Agreement 2021-2025

Classification: Based on Experience

The Mental Health Counsellor provides high‑quality, person‑centred mental health assessment and therapeutic intervention, with a primary focus on residents in Residential Aged Care (RAC).

The role adopts a systemic model of care, working collaboratively with residents, families, RAC staff, GPs, and other health professionals to support emotional wellbeing, behavioural management, and mental health outcomes. The position operates within an integrated multidisciplinary team and may also provide flexible support across the lifespan as service demand requires.

About the program

The Lower Hume Primary Mental Health Program (LHPMH) delivers locally based, integrated mental health services across the Shires of Mitchell, Murrindindi and Mansfield. The program is funded by Murray PHN, with Yea and District Memorial Hospital (YDMH) as fund holder and provider of clinical governance.

Partner organisations include:

· Yea and District Memorial Hospital

· Alexandra District Health

· Seymour Health

· Northern Health – Kilmore District Hospital

· Goulburn Valley Health

· Mansfield District Hospital

At YDMH, we prioritise workforce stability and meaningful work-life balance for our staff. We're proud to offer an environment that fosters job security and empowers our staff to thrive.

YDMH offers salary packaging, remuneration, education and wellbeing support and annual leave benefits as a Victorian Public Sector Employee in a highly collaborative team environment.

Yea & District Memorial Hospital is an equal opportunity employer who respects and is inclusive of our community’s diversity including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Lesbian, Gay, Transsexual, Bisexual and Intersex, varying age groups, cultural backgrounds and abilities.

The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.

We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.

With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.

We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.

When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.

In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
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