Team Leader CCT Frankston

Alfred Health

Alfred Health is a leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education. We are the main provider of health services to people living in the inner southeast suburbs of Melbourne, from ambulatory to inpatient and home and community-based services.

 

• Full-time with flexible ADO to October 2024 (LSL backfill)
• Based in Frankston
• RPN Gr5, Psy Gr4 or SW/OT Chief Gr2 Y2
• Frequent professional development opportunities

What's in it for you

• Regular professional supervision
• Supportive multi-disciplinary team environment
• Be involved in an innovative youth mental health program that is making a real difference in the community!

About us

headspace Early Psychosis is one of the world’s most innovative and comprehensive youth early psychosis programs being delivered through one program in each Australian state. Through this initiative, young people and their families have timely access to comprehensive evidence-based early psychosis services. This program aims to intervene early with young people who have unusual sensory experiences and/or beliefs and their families and supporters. The service builds on strengths and resilience, uses the wisdom of lived experience and fosters hope, potential, and recovery.

What you’ll be doing

As the acting Team Leader, you will provide clinical leadership and line management for staff within the Continuing Care Team (CCT). You will also oversee the access and entry to all elements of the headspace service system through the local headspace centre.

About you

• Approved tertiary qualifications and eligibility for membership with the relevant professional registering body: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, Occupational Therapy Board of Australia, Psychology Board of Australia or Australian Association of Social Workers
• Extensive experience providing mental health and Alcohol and other Drug assessment and intervention in partnership with young people and families
• Experience in leading teams and effecting a positive multidisciplinary team environment
• Australian working rights
• Full Covid-19 and 2023 Influenza vaccination
• Current Victorian Driver's License
• Current Working with Children Check and be willing to undergo a Background Check

Other benefits

• Portable long service leave from other public health services
• A supportive and fun team working environment
• Great employment benefits as part of Alfred Health - Wellbeing initiatives, access to salary packaging, novated leasing and discounted health insurance and banking
• Great work life balance & located close to public transport, shops and cafes

If this opportunity sounds like it is for you, click the APPLY button, include your resume and cover letter. 

For more information regarding the position, please contact Glenda Pedwell on ph: 0438 509 453

Closing date: Wednesday 9th August 2023 by 11pm AEST

Alfred Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce that reflects the community we serve.  Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are encouraged.

In accordance with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all Alfred Health employees are required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption. Furthermore, in accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption. 

Website: www.alfredhealth.org.au