Australia
Forensic Clinical Specialist
Industry:
Medical & Healthcare
Career level:
Senior
Employment type:
Full time
Job location:
Queensland, Brisbane
Salary offered
200 001 to 300 000 AUD
Requirements
Education:
Specialist's Degree
Experience:
0-2 years
Languages:
English
Driving license:
No
Job role
Job Description
Full-time, permanent position
Mental Health | Psychology Grade 4, Social Work/Occupational Therapist Grade 4, RPN Grade 5
Excellent benefits including salary packaging
About St Vincent’s
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne (SVHM) is part of St Vincent’s Health Australia and a leading teaching, research and tertiary health service which employs more than 6,500 staff across 18 sites throughout Melbourne. SVHM provides a diverse range of adult clinical services including acute medical and surgical services, sub-acute care, medical diagnostics, rehabilitation, allied health, mental health, palliative care, correctional health and community residential care. SVHM is one of Australia's leading Catholic not-for-profit healthcare providers.
About The Mental Health Department
St Vincent’s is proud of its International reputation for delivery of Mental Health Services and the use of the ‘Strengths Model’ and its principles. The Mental Health Service includes a 44 bed adult acute inpatient unit for the cities of Yarra and Boroondara; the Koori state-wide Inpatient Mental Health Service; Continuing Care Teams; a Crisis Assessment Team; ED Mental Health and Psychiatric Triage; Prevention and Recovery Care Service (PARC); Footbridge Community Care Unit; The Primary Intervention Care Team (PICT) and HOPE (Suicide Prevention); Mobile Support Teams; Clarendon Homeless Outreach Psychiatric Service (CHOPS); Victorian Dual Diagnosis Service (VDDS); Body Image Eating Disorders Treatment and Recovery Service (BETRS) and NEXUS (Concurrent Mental Illness and Substance Use Advisory Service); Consultation & Liaison Service and Victorian Transcultural Mental Health (VTMH) and NEVIL Training Cluster.
Why work in Mental Health at St Vincent’s
We passionately believe in a recovery approach, based on people’s personal strengths
We believe that people have the capacity to recover, reclaim and transform their lives
We nurture and develop our staff with great opportunities for training and career progression
Our work in this field is internationally recognised
We believe that the preferred setting for our work is in the community and that the community is an oasis of resources
You will join a cohesive, supportive team, committed to the wellbeing of colleagues and consumers
Great location, with easy access to public transport and to the city of Melbourne
About The Role
The Forensic Clinician role aims to build capacity and boost forensic mental health expertise and best practice within the adult mental health program. This position provides a resource of skills, knowledge and support for staff to enhance the service response for clients presenting with multiple complex problems. These will include serious mental illness, psychiatric and medical co-morbidities, substance abuse problems, a history of offending and high risk behaviours.
The FCS programme will also have a special focus on improving outcomes for consumers on CSOs and NCSOs as well as streamlining communication and referral processes for consumers moving in and out of the community and the criminal justice system, specifically prisons and Thomas Embling Hospital.
Benefits
Medical insurance
Company background
St Vincent’s Health Australia has been providing health care in Australia for 160 years, since our first hospital was established in Sydney in 1857 by the Sisters of Charity. When the first five Sisters arrived in Australia in 1838 they carried with them the vision of their Founder, Mary Aikenhead, to reach out to all in need of care, but particularly those living on the fringes of our society.
It is the legacy entrusted to us by the Sisters of Charity that continues to inspire St Vincent’s Health Australia to strengthen and grow our mission.
Today, St Vincent’s Health Australia is the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider. We operate six public hospitals, nine private hospitals and 17 aged care facilities in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. Along with three co-located research institutes – the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research – we work in close partnership with other research bodies, universities, and health care providers.
St Vincent’s Health Australia employs around 18,400 staff and operates more than 2,600 hospital beds and 1,100 residential aged care places. In our hospitals, we provide more than 1 million episodes of care for patients each year.
We are a clinical and education leader with a national and international reputation in medical research. Our areas of expertise include heart lung transplantation; bone marrow transplantation; cardiology; neurosurgery; cancer; clinical genomics; HIV medicine; palliative care; respiratory medicine; mental health; drug and alcohol services; aged psychiatry; homeless health; and prisoner health.
St Vincent’s Health Australia provides compassionate healthcare to people from all walks of life, but reflecting our mission, we are especially committed to people from vulnerable and marginalised backgrounds.
