Senior Mental Health Clinician - Eating Disorder Service

$50.40 - $61.47 plus salary packaging (discipline & experience dependant)

Fixed Term Full Time | Parental Leave cover until December 2026

About the Role

Fixed Term Full Time position for Registered Psychiatric Nurses Grade 4, Psychologist Grade 3, Social Worker Grade 3 or Occupational Therapist Grade 3.

The Grampians Eating Disorder Service is a new innovative specialist multidisciplinary team providing integrated assessment, treatment, timely access to secondary consultation, comprehensive mental health assessment, early intervention and evidence-based treatment for individuals presenting with an eating disorder (across the life span).

Key Responsibilities

The Eating Disorder Clinician – mental health will provide leadership in developing clinical expertise within the team through mentoring, teaching, supervising and organisation of case management as well as organisational responses to the daily functioning of the team.

The Eating Disorder Clinician - Mental Health provides & is responsible for

• Oversight and facilitation of bio-psycho-social clinical assessment
• Treatment for consumers and their families, that are evidence-based and/or best practice and that enhance the person’s recovery from an eating disorder. 
• Provide advisory to clinicians and treating team across their GMHWS and to key stakeholders who are working with an individual with symptoms of an eating disorder.
• Participate in the intake and oversight of evidenced-based treatment to individuals presenting or are at risk of a significant eating disorder, and their families.
• Provide primary and secondary consultation to the broader service in relation to eating disturbance or disorder

Qualifications

• Relevant professional qualification in a health-related discipline (psychology, nursing, social work or occupational therapy); current registration where applicable.
• Relevant extensive experience, expert skill in, and ongoing commitment to the delivery of evidence- based and best practice, family-inclusive assessment and treatments of significant mental health disorders including Eating Disorders.
• Demonstrated expertise in the application of knowledge in current evidence-based treatment practices and approaches to the treatment of Eating Disorders.

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Darlene Cole, Acting Deputy Operations Director - Active Recovery Mental Health on 03 5320 4565 for a confidential discussion

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+.