Senior Clinical Psychologist P3 / Clinical Psychologist P2 HOPE Team

Job title: Senior Clinical Psychologist P3 / Clinical Psychologist P2 HOPE Team

Employment Type: Permanent Part Time 0.6 EFT

Hours: 48 hours per fortnight

Salary: as per EBA

Location: Williams landing and Werribee Mercy Hospital (onsite)

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Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you’ll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it’s all about taking what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

About the opportunity

The Hospital Outreach Post-suicidal Engagement Team is an arm of the Acute Services at Mercy Mental Health. In keeping with the goals of the Victorian Suicide Prevention Framework 2016-25, Mercy Mental Health HOPE team aims to build resilience in individuals who have made a suicide attempt by providing them intensive outreach support and individualised therapeutic care post this event in their lives.

The Senior Clinical Psychologist will work collaboratively with the HOPE team to actively engage clients in the assessment of their own suicide risk and actively contribute to their suicide prevention plan in order to minimize the risk of attempting suicide in the future. The HOPE team works in a manner that encourages and invites consumer participation and promotes self- determination. The role includes a component of outreach work, and as such, some weekend and afterhours work may be required.

Summary of the role:

• Permanent part time 0.6 EFT
• Based at Werribee Mercy Hospital and Williams Landing
• Work in collaboration with other senior clinicians and support workers to provide assertive, tailored post-vention support in the community.
• Provide clients with psychological assessment, formulation and shorter term evidence-based psychological therapy.

ABOUT YOU:

• Registered with AHPRA as a Psychologist with endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist
• A Master’s degree or higher in Clinical Psychology from an accredited program
• Strong knowledge, skills and experience in relevant therapeutic interventions, such as DBT, ACT, CBT, Schema, Mindfulness approaches, as well as psychosocial interventions for suicide risk and drug and alcohol preferred
• A minimum of 5 years work experience post full registration
• PBA approved Supervisor or eligible and willing to work towards same

What you’ll bring

You’re resilient, compassionate and have a whole lot of heart. Most importantly, you are committed to delivering exceptional patient-centred care.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent clinical, time management, organisational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.
• A compassionate, flexible and positive approach to effective patient care and management.
• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.