Do you have a genuine passion for mental health and supporting people through moments that matter?
This is a meaningful opportunity to join a small, dedicated team delivering critical front-line support to our community.
We are seeking a compassionate and capable telephone-based Mental Health Clinician who is experienced in conducting mental health and risk assessments, and confident engaging with people across all ages and levels of need.
In this role, you will be a calm, trusted voice for callers navigating complex and often vulnerable situations. You will use your clinical judgement, intuition and empathy to understand each person’s unique circumstances and connect them to the most appropriate support.
You will thrive in this role if you are:
As part of the Medicare Mental Health team, you will:
This is a navigation-focused role, requiring strong understanding of the mental health service system and the ability to make informed, person-centred decisions.
You will bring:
Qualifications
Relevant tertiary qualifications in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Public Health, Health Promotion, Sociology or similar (with current registration/membership where applicable).
Our team is well-supported, connected, and committed to maintaining both high-quality service delivery and personal wellbeing.
EMPHN is a key leader in improving access to primary health care across Melbourne’s east and north-east. Funded by the Australian Government, we work closely with health providers and communities to commission services that improve health outcomes and respond to local needs.
If you’re looking for a role where your clinical expertise, compassion and judgement will genuinely impact people’s lives — we’d love to hear from you.
Apply via the link below.
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.
