Senior Mental Health Clinician - Infant, Child & Youth - Multiple Opportunities

Senior Mental Health Clinician - Infant, Child & Youth - Multiple Opportunities

- Multiple permanent full time & part time opportuntiies available | Find a role that suits you
- Opportunities for Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Clinical Psychologists, or Mental Health Nurses
- Positions across multiple sites in Eastern Melbourne | Find one close to home

Eastern Health is one of Victoria's largest public health services. As a values-led, integrated service united by our Healthier Together promise, we deliver high-quality care, support and service to a broad and diverse community across Melbourne's east and beyond.

Eastern Health's Mental Health and Wellbeing Program provides tertiary mental health services across the Eastern MetropolitanRegion of Melbourne within two age-based streams - Infant, Child and Youth & Adult and Older Persons.Fundamental tothe Mental Health and WellbeingProgram,are the principles of recovery oriented mental health practice.

About the role

The Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health Service (ICYMHS), part of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Program at Eastern Health, provides a comprehensive range of inpatient and community based multidisciplinary teams for infants, children and young people up to the age of 25 years and experiencing significant mental health or emotional,behaviouraland/or developmental challenges, and their families.

Opportunities currently available

Intensive Mobile Treatment Team (IMTT)

- Permanent, Full Time with monthly day off
- Open to Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist or Nurse
- Ringwood location

The successful candidate will work with young people, 12 -25 years and their families, presenting with more complex mental health concerns and psychological distress. The team provides comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, formulation, and individualised recovery planning and multi-modal therapeutic interventions within a flexible outreach model.



The ability to work collaboratively with other key stakeholder agencies to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care is an essential component of the role.

Enhanced Eating Disorders Team (EEDT)

- Permanent Full Time (with ADO)
- Open to Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Clinical Psychologist or Nurse

- Temporary Full time (with ADO) until November 2027

- Open to Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Clinical Psychologist or Nurse

The successful candidate will work within this Specialist Eating Disorders Team, located in Ringwood, providing mental health assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions treatments for young people aged 12 to 25 with a diagnosed eating disorder. The team has a robust grounding in family therapy and provides Family Based Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa, CBT-Enhanced and SSCM. The team also provides primary and secondary consultation, education and support to ICYMHS and other services/agencies regarding assessment, treatment and management of eating disorders.

- Fixed Term Part Time - 16 hours per week
- Senior Clinical Psychologist required from 7/1/2027-7/1/2028
- Ringwood East location

The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team that provides specialist mental health assessment, discipline specific assessments and consultation to children and young people aged 0-25 years who present with severe mental health concerns, trauma, and/or disabilities, and for whom a neurodevelopmental disorder may also be present. The team works closely with ICYMHS community and specialist teams, as well as other service providers.

What you'll bring

- All succesful applicants will hold a relevant qualification for thier discipline
- All succesful applicants will have relevant registration with AHPRA or relevant body (i.e. Australian Association of Social Workers for those in Social Work)
- 5 or more years of experience in a relevant mental health setting

What we offer

Being part of Eastern Health means belonging to a welcoming team of healthcare experts. We offer a range of benefits including

📌 Senior Mental Health Clinician (Melbourne)
🏢 Eastern Health
📍 Melbourne