- Mental Health/AOD Clinician permanent part time for Mental Health Statewide Partnering Provider- Hamilton Centre

Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Hamilton Centre

Austin Health and Goulburn Valley Health Partner Provider Service follows a shared, stepped care model, with the clientremainingunder the direct care of the referring healthcare provider and/or team throughout the duration of service. The Austin Health and Goulburn Valley Health Partner Provider Service further supports a collaborative approach to client care, to enhance the capacity and response of referring healthcare providers and teams, clientsand carers to better manage substance use and addiction issues within the eastern population.

This service has been established to provide primary and secondary consultation to people living with co-occurring disorders, who are engaged with AOD services, primary and secondary care services, local mental health and wellbeing services and area mental health services in the northeast region, as its core activities

About the role

The Hamilton Centre RPN3 will work collaboratively with the Program Manager, Nurse Practitioner and Consultants working with consumers with co-occurring mental health and substance use or addiction needs, including therapeutic and clinical supports. Support virtual appointments where thisexpeditesand supports access to care without reducing clinical quality.





The Hamilton Centre provides primary and secondary addiction medicine assessments, along with capacity building for all area mental health and well-being services, local mental health services and AOD services across Loddon Mallee (Bendigo Health and Mildura Base Hospitals), Hume (Goulburn Valley Health and Albury Wodonga Health) and Northeast Metro (Austin Health). The Hamilton Centre RPN3 assists in referral intake, coordinating consumer flow, delivering education sessions to mental health and AOD teams and provide support to stakeholders for integrated care between mental health and AOD services.

About you

You will be able toestablishlinkages and liaison with community partnering services and all stakeholders involved. You will have the ability to accept and triage referrals from our regional partners via Turning Point and to coordinate referrals appropriately.

To be successful in this roleyou’llbring with you:

- Registered Nurse registered with Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency
- Knowledge of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 and other relevant legislation.
- Relevant professional qualification in Mental Health nursing
- Demonstrated knowledge of recovery and collaborative clinical practice
- A consumer centered approach to care
- A flexible, innovative team-oriented approach to service delivery




- Proficiencyin information technology systems and applications (Office 365, search engines, databases, etc.)

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a solid sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.

Work with us!

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. Austin Health is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with Child Safe Standards.If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager:Allison Page, Program Manager at ************@austin.org.au.

Application closing date: Sunday 16 August 2026

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📌 Mental Health / AOD Clinician (Melbourne)
🏢 Austin Health
📍 Melbourne