Access & Triage - Senior Clinician (RPN)

Available hours
Full-time roster across a 24/7 service

$51.41-$62.70 per hour + Salary packaging!
As per classification and experience

About the Role

Join our Access & Triage Service, a fast-paced team at the frontline of mental health support. This role offers meaningful decision-making, diverse clinical exposure and strong multidisciplinary collaboration. You’ll work across telephone triage, acute response and the mental health emergency department, supporting people in crisis and guiding them to the right care.

• Complete mental state and risk assessments
• Assign triage categories and direct referrals
• Deliver acute crisis assessment and evidence-based care
• Assess consumers in the Emergency Department
• Support safe, timely return to community

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive mental health and AOD assessments
• Operate across Triage, Intake, Acute Response and MHED (ECATT)
• Create short-term clinical treatment plans
• Engage carers and families where appropriate
• Build strong interagency and community partnerships
• Contribute to coordinated multidisciplinary responses

Senior clinician responsibilities (where applicable):
• Lead clinical activity and team practice
• Guide complex clinical presentations
• Coordinate team meetings and case reviews

Skills & Experience

• Relevant degree and professional registration (AHPRA or accredited body)
• Strong mental health and risk assessment skills
• Knowledge of Recovery Model and Mental Health & Wellbeing Act 2022
• Ability to coordinate care in a multidisciplinary setting
• Understanding of trauma-informed practice and AOD impacts

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here

Interested?

Click APPLY, or for a confidential discussion, contact Damian Hughes, Manager, on 5320 4100.

We are actively reviewing applications as they are submitted. Applications will close once the position is filled.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please sign in through Employee Login via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet before applying.

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region

Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state’s fastest growing inland city.  Dubbed Australia’s most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping.  Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia’s most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.