Company description

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Psychological Interventions Clinic - Mental Health Clinician An exciting opportunity exists for a Mental Health Clinician (RPN3, OT3, SW3 or Psychologist Grade 2) to join the Merri-bek Community Team within Northern Health's Mental Health Division.

The position is within the Psychological Interventions Clinic, implementing and developing psychotherapeutic practice within the community mental health service.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital.

In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About Mental Health Division:

Northern Health is the third largest mental health service in Victoria.

Within the Mental Health Division, we pride ourselves on providing high quality mental health services to people living in the northern regions of Melbourne, and work in a collaborative way with consumers and carers based on recovery principles.

We aim to provide solid clinical leadership to support all staff in the provision of professional treatment and care by our integrated community teams, inpatient, and residential services.

About the Role:

We are located centrally in Coburg- close to Public Transport and parking options.

The Merri-bek Community team is a large, supportive and dynamic team made up of staff that are truly passionate and motivated in supporting consumers and their families/carers.





We provide a comprehensive range of specialist mental health services to people who reside in the local government area of Merri-bek and Hume.

The Psychological Interventions Clinic (PIC) clinician position has been created to provide and enhance psychotherapeutic practice at the Merri-bek Community Mental Health Team.

As well as implementing psychotherapeutic practice within the community teams, the PIC clinician will provide broad consultation across a number of levels in order to develop the psychotherapeutic culture within the community team.

This will involve conducting psychotherapeutic assessment and treatment as well as participating in psychotherapy programs for consumers.

The PIC Clinician will enhance psychotherapeutic practice for clinicians across NWAMHS by consultation and participation in existing clinical forums within the service.

This is a part time 0.6 ongoing position To be successful in this role you will have:

- At least 2 years' experience post qualification
- Passion about contributing positively to the lives of consumers with mental illness and their families
- Advanced skills in the provision of psychological assessment and intervention for consumers with a mental illness
- Previous experience working in a community setting in a public mental health service is highly preferable

- Proven Leadership skills
- Ability to work as part of a team but also able to work autonomously
- Advanced Communication Skills and Interpersonal Skills
- Knowledge of the wider MH services in catchment area
- Experience in assessment and delivery of psychotherapeutic treatment for consumers across the diagnostic spectrum (Bipolar Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder, Personality Disorders, Major Depression and Anxiety)




- Relevant training and experience in delivery of at least two evidence-based psychotherapeutic treatment modalities (e.g. CBT, ACT, DBT, CPT).
- Experience in peer clinical review meetings to ensure a high quality of psychotherapeutic practice
- Experience offering secondary consultation to clinicians
- Knowledge of Implementing and / or developing means of assessing improvements for consumers that have resulted from psychotherapeutic intervention.

Next Steps . . . If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Richelle Pinto or Tanya Goodison on 93559700

Applications close Sunday 1 November 2026.

We offer

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

- Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program
- Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
- An inclusive and culturally safe space
- State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
- A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'
- Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here. Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.

📌 Mental Health Clinician - Psychological Interventions Clinic (Coburg)
🏢 Northern Health
📍 Coburg