Mental Health Clinicians - Brimbank Melton Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub

The Hospital:

The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) vision is to be a great children’s hospital – delivering Great Care, Everywhere.

RCH is located within the Melbourne Biomedical Precinct, with more than 45 world-class biomedical organisations and more than 50,000 of the brightest minds working together to make the Precinct number one in the Asia Pacific region for health, education, research, and training. Within this, RCH is also a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation. Each organisation contributes to a paediatric academic health centre which is greater than the sum of its parts.  

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatric and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria. Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The RCH is the only provider of heart transplant services and CAR T-cell therapy for paediatrics in Australia. RCH is an effective advocate for patients and their families with a particular focus on vulnerable children and increasingly, mental health in young people. The hospital also supports many health promotion and prevention programs. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

We work collaboratively with hospitals to deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time. The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards: http://www.rch.org.au/quality/child-safety/

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

Further information about RCH is available at www.rch.org.au

Mental Health Clinicians - Brimbank Melton Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub

The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System’s final report was released in March 2021. It set out a blueprint for a future mental health and wellbeing system in Victoria to be achieved through a series of structural, cultural and clinical reforms to be implemented over ten years. Recommendation of the Final Report is to establish three Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hubs, as the first Local Mental Health and Wellbeing Services for infants and children aged 0-11 and their families. One of these first three hubs will be located in Brimbank Melton and the RCH Mental Health Service has been chosen to provide the mental health component of the hub.  The hubs fully integrate paediatrics, mental health and family services under the one roof so that families can receive the services they need in the one place.

These are new Grade 2 ongoing, full-time positions for the first wave of mental health clinicians to work alongside a Team Coordinator to stand up the Brimbank Melton hub for the first time. The hub is proposed to open in July 2022, with activity to gradually build over time.

This is an exciting opportunity to be one of the first clinicians to work in the hub and see families for the first time. As well as immediately working directly with families, these positions would also initially assist the Team Coordinator to develop a model of care for the hub, including through codesign with people with a lived experience.  The full team of clinicians to operate the hub will be recruited within the first six months, building a leading multi-disciplinary team to provide excellence care to infants and children aged 0-11 years.

The positions are available to commence immediately and are ongoing, full time (part time also considered). The RCH Mental Health Service has a significant learning and development program and invests in supporting our staff to pursue their professional practice, carers and passions.  

To view the Position Description, please click here,

For further information about this role please contact Stewart Imrie, Team Coordinator – Brimbank Melton Infant, Child and Family Health and Wellbeing Hub on 0402 422 886 or stewart.imrie@rch.org.au.

Why work at the RCH?

RCH is committed to a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city. We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.

All applicants please be aware that it is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the time of, and during, employment. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government COVID -19 vaccination Certificate, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.

While RCH has an obligation to consider all Australian and Permanent Resident applicants in the first instance, RCH welcomes applications from overseas healthcare professionals and may consider supporting visa applications. Currently, international and returning Australian health workers may be eligible for an allowance of $10,000 to  help fund relocation costs to Victoria. Further information can be found on the Department of Health's website: https://www.health.vic.gov.au/medical-workforce-in-victoria/international-recruitment. 

Are you ready to join our team? 

 Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button

Applications close 30 August 2022