Job Description
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Excellent benefits including salary packaging
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Senior leadership opportunity
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Progress Your Career Today!
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About the Role
n Under the guidance of the Team Manager and Team Consultant Psychiatrist, and in conjunction with team members, provide a high level of leadership and supervision to staff, coordinating day to day clinical work, resources and consumer flow, deputising for the Team Manager when required. This position will provide a high standard of clinical support to consumers with a lived experience of multiple complex problems including serious mental illness, associated psychosocial issues, and substance use issues.
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Provide leadership to multidisciplinary staff members, and actively contribute to clinical practice within the mental health service as a senior staff member ensuring that clinical practice standards are met.
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Lead and contribute to service development and quality activities, such as policy and procedure development, delivery of education, and development of projects and portfolios
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Assist the Team Manager in ensuring the team meets clinical and operational targets by providing clinical and line supervision to individual staff members regularly.
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Classifications for this position will range from:
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RPN Grade 5 NP51 ($136,822 per annum pro rata)
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OT/SW Grade 5 AJ11 - AJ14 or AJ57 - AJ60 ($129,859 - $143,098 per annum pro rata)
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Your Contribution
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Bachelor Degree in Occupational Therapy or Social Work, Division 3 or Division 1 Nurse with Psychiatric Endorsement from the Nurses Board of Victoria.
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Current registration or eligibility for appropriate professional body.
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A minimum of 7 years post qualification in Occupational Therapy or Social Work.
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Usually 5 years post qualification in Nursing dependent on demonstrated and proven abilities.
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Extensive experience in the delivery of clinical mental health services and preferably in a diverse range of mental health service settings, knowledge of relevant legislation, mental health policy directions and principles and practice of community based service delivery including case management.
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What We Offer
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A focus on wellbeing initiatives, with regular events and programs
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Confidential, solutions-focused employee counselling
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A healthy work/life balance encouraged. Full time employment comes with a monthly Accrued Day Off (additional day off per month!)
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Ability to join Fitness Passport - Your pass to an extensive choice of fitness facilities
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Salary Packaging – Increase your take home pay!
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Discounts and Promotions always available through our Foundation
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Regular opportunities for professional development to assist you to reach your career goals
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Culture of continuous improvement
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About the Continuing Care Team
n The Continuing Care Team provides specialised treatment and ongoing support throughout the week during business hours. Employing the Strengths Model of Recovery-Oriented Practice,



the multidisciplinary team delivers tailored clinical and therapeutic interventions to meet the specific needs of consumers with a lived experience of mental illness.
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Working at St Vincent's
n 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.
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Application
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Please attach your resume and cover letter to your application.
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n 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.
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We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is essential to our mission and diversity reflects the community we serve.
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Please visit our website, for further information regarding our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employment at SVHM
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n 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).
Closing Date: 27 September :59pm Reconciliation Action Plan: n
At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work setting 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.
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For further information, visit >:// or get in contact at
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View Reconciliation Action Plan
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📌 Team Leader (Victoria)
🏢 St Vincent's Health Australia
📍 Victoria