Senior Clinician - Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Nurse

Summary about this job

Detail information about job Senior Clinician - Occupational Therapist or Mental Health Nurse. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Lead a team of clinicians - deliver assessments and program interventions
• Receive dedicated foundation, theory, and mentored on the job training
• Internal career advancement to other senior and executive vacancies

Clinical Team Leader / Supervisor (Senior Clinician) - Bendigo

• Lead a team of clinicians to make a direct positive impact to the safety of our community.
• Develop your clinical skills working on best-practice treatment programs focused on behaviour change　
• Take advantage of job-security, career progression and employee benefits including flexible working arrangements.
   

We invite you to attend one of our upcoming information sessions to find out more about a career as a senior clinician with Corrections Victoria

• Wednesday, 1 August. 12.30pm to 1.30pm: live online video. Register here
• Wednesday, 8 August. 6pm to 7pm: Bendigo Register here
• Thursday, 9 August: 5.30pm to 6.30pm: live online video. Register here
   

About us

Offending Behaviour Programs (OBP) focus on reducing an offender's risk of re-offending. OBP makes a direct positive impact on the safety of the Victorian community. OBP uses interventions to reduce violence, to inspire motivation to change, to improve emotion management and to address other offence-related topics.
 

As a Senior Clinician, you will:

• provide leadership and direction to a team of clinicians, including clinical supervision
• facilitate the efficacy of group and individual
  program interventions
• undertake risk assessment and prepare appropriate treatment pathways for offenders
   

Benefits

• Receive dedicated training prior to formally starting in the role (including foundation, theory, and mentored on the job training)
• AHPRA, AASW or equivalent membership funded annually
• Receive supervision funded by the department
• Access to professional development and training, including external seminars and conferences across Victoria
• Annual salary increases (within the Allied Health banding grade) when annual performance benchmarks are met
• Visa sponsorship assistance and/or relocation allowances are available for eligible candidates and vacancies.
   

To succeed you will have:

• a desire to lead, mentor and develop staff to meet their full potential
• experience in providing clinical individual and group supervision to clinicians
• preferably at least two years' experience in delivering group-based treatment or therapy
• the expertise in applying best practice principles within therapeutic interventions.

Registration requirements

To be eligible, you must either:

• hold general registration as a psychologist with the Australian Health Practitioner Registration Agency (AHPRA)
• be eligible for membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• be credentialed as a mental health nurse with the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses or
• be registered as an occupational therapist with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia.

You are also required to hold a valid drivers' licence

For further information please contact Jonathan Blake, Recruitment Services on (03) 8684 0103 or [email protected]

Applications close Tuesday 14 August at 11.59pm AEST.  Please don't hesitate to apply prior to the closing date as applications are assessed on a regular basis.

At the Department of Justice and Regulation, our goal is for our workforce to reflect the diverse community we serve. We employ people of any gender, age, religion, cultural background and sexual orientation. We also seek to accommodate staff members with disabilities.