CareerPlan

Senior Mental Health Clinician - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Service

Melbourne, VictoriaFull-time2026-10-09 → 2026-10-17

Core

Provide clinical and operational leadership in screening, assessing, and delivering recovery-oriented mental health services for children (0-17) and perinatal women in inpatient and emergency settings.

Role type

Senior Mental Health Clinician (Clinical Leadership & Consultation Liaison)

Builds

High-quality, consumer and family centred care plans and interventions for complex mental health cases.

Domain

Healthcare / Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / Perinatal Mental Health

Required skills

Clinical leadership, team mentoring, complex case assessment, dual diagnosis intervention, recovery planning, multidisciplinary collaboration

Preferred skills

Advanced specialist mental health knowledge, shift coordination, stakeholder engagement

Technologies

None stated

Responsibilities

Provide clinical leadership through role modelling and mentoring staff; Coordinate shifts and handovers; Conduct collaborative mental health assessments with consumers and families; Deliver interventions for complex clinical issues including dual diagnosis; Develop and review Individual Recovery Plans/Treatment Plans.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties