Enhanced Care Clinician | CCT

Job Description:

• Permanent, part time 0.5 FTE
• Psychologist Grade 2
• Clarendon Clinic - East Melbourne location

About the Role

Based at our Clarendon Clinic in East Melbourne, which has the benefit of being centrally located and close to multiple public transport and cycle routes, this is a great opportunity to increase your skills in community mental health. You will provide a high standard of clinical assessment, treatment and secondary consultation to clients and staff of the St. Vincent’s integrated adult MHS, demonstrating excellence in discipline specific and recovery-focused skills.

You will join a dynamic community mental health team working alongside allied health and nursing case managers operating under a recovery-oriented model of care, utilising the Strengths Model.

• Work alongside Case managers to provide support to consumers within the Strengths Model of recovery orientated practice
• Build a therapeutic alliance with the consumer and actively engage them in the planning and delivery of their care
• Undertake assessments, devise treatment plans and deliver targeted psychological interventions to consumers with complex mental health related needs in line with SVMH policies and strategic direction

Classifications for this position will range from

• Psychologist Grade 2 PK1 - PK4 ($94,478- $106,906 per annum pro rata)

Your Contribution

• Masters or Doctorate degree in Psychology and current General Registration as a Psychologist with AHPRA
• Has Clinical Psychology endorsement, or working towards clinical endorsement as a Registrar
• Experience working within the public community mental health field
• Experience in the provision of assessment, discipline specific intervention to consumers with a serious mental illness and complex needs within a recovery framework
• Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Current National criminal history check, or willing to obtain

What We Offer

• A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs

• Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling

• Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities

• Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!

• Free car parking

• Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation

• Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals

About Mental Health

St. Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) includes an adult area mental health service for the inner city areas of Yarra and Boroondara. 

The Clarendon Clinic Continuing Care Teams provide ongoing specialist treatment and support to meet the identified needs of clients who suffer with a serious mental illness and associated high level of disability in the City of Yarra. The multidisciplinary team provides a range of clinical and therapeutic interventions using the recovery-focused Strengths Model of Recovery-Oriented Practice.

Working at St Vincent’s

St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services and is driven by values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

Application

• Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.

Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately. We encourage you to apply promptly as the advertisement may close early should a suitable applicant be sourced.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities.  Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.

Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM

 SVHA has a duty of care under work health and safety legislation to eliminate and/or control the risk of transmission of vaccine preventable diseases in healthcare settings. You may therefore be required to undergo mandatory immunisations/vaccinations (including flu vaccinations).

Contact:

Contact

Nigel Toomey – Manager, Clarendon CCT

Ph: 9231 5400

St. Vincent’s Mental Health (SVMH) includes an adult area mental health service for the inner-city areas of Yarra and Boroondara.  The adult mental health service components are: Footbridge Community Care Unit (CCU), a 44 bed Acute Inpatient Service (AIS) located on the St. Vincent’s Hospital site, the North Fitzroy PARC and two community mental health services (CMHS) at Hawthorn and East Melbourne (Clarendon CMHS). Community mental health services comprise the Community Acute Response Team (CART, Triage and Crisis assessment and Treatment Service (CATS), Extended Triage (ET), Emergency Department Mental Health (EDMH), PACER, Police support and HOPE (Suicide Prevention). Other services include Continuing Care (CCT), STAY Housing Support, Mobile Support and Treatment (MST) and Homeless Outreach (CHOPS) services.  A Consultation & Liaison Service is provided to the health service. NEXUS Dual Diagnosis Service and the Body Image and Eating Disorders Assessment and Treatment Service (BETRS) are regional services. Statewide services are the Victorian Dual Disability Service and the Victorian Transcultural Mental Health. The Acute Inpatient Service includes 5 beds designated as the Koori State-wide Inpatient Service and linked to the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service.

St Vincent’s Mental Health is committed the recruitment and retention of high-quality staff.  The service aims to support staff to maintain and develop their skills to provide excellent clinical care and to meet their own personal and career goals.  SVMH has a strong education and research focus in addition to affiliations with a number of universities and educational institutions.  All SVMH clinical staff are expected to be familiar, and practice in a manner consistent with the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce.  

The Clarendon Continuing Care Team provides ongoing specialist treatment and support to meet the identified needs of clients who suffer with a serious mental illness and associated high level of disability in the City of Yarra.  Intervention includes a range of clinical and therapeutic interventions using the ‘Strengths’ model of individual case management. 

Under the guidance of the Team Manager and Team Consultant Psychiatrist, and in conjunction with team members the Enhanced Care Clinician will provide and coordinate short to medium term additional specialist, targeted therapeutic interventions to consumers that are receiving case management services.  Interventions provided could include, but are not limited to, tapered assertive engagement and support to boost consumer autonomy and accessibility, formulation-driven evidence-based psychotherapy (e.g., ACT, DBT, CBT), providing a comprehensive range of psychological assessments including diagnostic and personality assessments, family therapy, peer support, interventions focused on activity/vocation undertaking risk assessment and safety planning for high risk consumers (e.g. developing service-wide management plans to co-ordinate crisis responses), additional treatment interventions to help formulate and meet holistic physical health or dual diagnosis needs.

• Work within the Strengths Model of recovery orientated practice.
• Build a therapeutic alliance with identified consumers and actively engage them in the planning, and delivery of their care.
• In collaboration with the treating team, undertake the assessment, coordination and provision of treatment and delivery of targeted evidence-based interventions to identified consumers with complex mental health related needs in line with SVMH policies and strategic direction.
• Utilise discipline-specific skills as appropriate and as required by consumers, their family/carers and the Service.
• Assist in the provision of primary, secondary and tertiary consultation services.
• Display active participation in professional development and ongoing learning opportunities.
• Attend and participate in discipline specific meetings and display a commitment to attending discipline specific training.
• Work collaboratively within the multi-disciplinary team.
• Ensure all reporting information is coordinated and completed as required.
• Maintain all documentation in line with SVMH policies, including clinical documentation, outcome measures and CMI reporting

ESSENTIAL REGISTRATION, LICENSE OR QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Registration as a General Psychologist with AHPRA. Practice endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist, or eligibility to enter a Clinical Psychology registrar program with the Psychology Board of Australia
• Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy
• Bachelor Degree in Social Work,
• Division 3 or Division 1 Nurse with Psychiatric Endorsement from the Nurses Board of Victoria.
• Registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (all disciplines except Social Work)
• Relevant postgraduate qualification in mental health
• Social Workers - An approved degree in Social Work and eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers
• Current Victorian driver’s license

Commitment to:

• The Values and Health Care Philosophy of the Sisters of Charity
• The Principles of the St. Vincent’s Hospital Patient Care Model
• The Hospital’s Code of Conduct
• Clinical experience within Mental Health Services
• Proven ability to provide high quality mental health interventions to people with serious mental illness, including assessment, treatment, crisis intervention, rehabilitation, demonstrated skills in engaging consumers with complex needs and a capacity to identify and respond to dual diagnosis clients
• Proven ability and commitment to working collaboratively with consumers, carers, members of the multidisciplinary team, other senior staff and external agencies.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development.
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, including sound oral and written communication skills.
• Well-developed understanding of quality improvement and evidence of implementation and evaluation of quality improvement activities.
• Experience in the development of treatment plans and the application of evidence based therapeutic interventions for people with major mental health disorders.
• Demonstrated ability in working as part of the multi-disciplinary clinical team in promoting a standard of excellence in clinical practice.  This includes contributing to team clinical processes such as Clinical Review and supervision for staff and students     
• A comprehensive understanding and working knowledge of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Act 2022 (including amendments) and other relevant legislation

Psychology

• Knowledge of and commitment to providing a comprehensive range of psychological assessments including diagnostic, cognitive and personality assessments for people with serious mental illness and complex needs
• Experience in the development and application of evidence based therapeutic interventions for people with major mental health disorders
• Comprehensive understanding of the theories of human behaviour and psychopathology and their application in clinical practice
• Comprehensive understanding of the theories of human behaviour and psychopathology and their application in clinical practice.
• Experience providing schema therapy, ACT, DBT and other best practice therapy for consumers 

Occupational Therapy

• Knowledge of and commitment to providing a comprehensive range of occupational therapy assessments and interventions for people with serious mental illness and complex needs, and their carers 
• Understanding of evidenced based practice and models of occupational therapy (including the Model of Human Occupation) and their application in clinical practice
• Knowledge of sensory modulation theory and intervention

• Knowledge of the specific assessments including the MOHO Assessments and Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS).

Nursing

• Knowledge of appropriate medication and administration management including relevant legislation
• Ability to apply nursing models and processes
• Awareness of infection control techniques.

Social Work

• Knowledge of and commitment to providing a comprehensive range of social work assessment and intervention services for people with serious mental illness and complex needs
• Demonstrate knowledge of family and social system assessments with the ability to identify gaps and facilitate access to appropriate resources.

• Post-graduate qualifications in relevant area of specialty or in the process of achieving the same are desirable.

Closing Date:

12 December 2025 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

Code of Conduct:

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