Practice Development Clinician (RPN or Allied Health Gr5) - Child & Youth Mental Health

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• Permanent, part‑time (0.6–0.8 EFT negotiable hours)
• Registered Psychiatric Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker/Speech Pathologist Grade 5 or Psychologist Grade 4
• Based in Moorabbin with some travel required
• Some flexibility for work‑from‑home arrangements

The Department

Alfred Mental & Addiction Health (AMAH) is responsible for the operation of services, which focus on people with a severe mental illness residing in the Inner South Eastern area of Melbourne.

The single most important goal of AMAH is to create an environment that facilitates clinical recovery, supports individual recovery efforts and strives to minimise service system barriers to the recovery process.

The Role

The Practice Development Clinician works with a highly motivated multidisciplinary workforce and provides service‑wide clinical and practice leadership to support workforce capability, quality and consistency of practice across Alfred Mental & Addiction Health (AMAH) Infant, Child and Youth Area Mental Health and Wellbeing Services (ICYAMHWS).

The role has a program‑wide scope, with responsibility for the design, delivery, coordination and evaluation of agreed education and practice development initiatives that align with service priorities, contemporary evidence and organisational strategy. The scope of coordination responsibilities is defined in partnership with ICYAMHWS leadership and does not extend to education programs delivered or administered externally to ICYAMHWS.

The role works in close collaboration with senior clinicians, team leaders, discipline leads, lived and living experience (LLE) staff, and the AMAH Workforce Development and Education team to ensure education and practice development activities are coherent, prioritised and sustainable.

This role provides clinical and practice leadership without line management responsibility, operating with a high level of autonomy, professional judgement and influence across disciplines and teams. The role contributes to workforce capability uplift primarily through education, consultation, evaluation, service‑level practice development and orientation rather than ongoing individual mentoring or coaching.

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Approved tertiary qualifications and registration with the relevant professional registering body (AHPRA or AASW)
• Minimum ten years' post graduate clinical experience
• Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment is desirable
• Current and satisfactory Working with Children Check
• Australian working rights
• Current Victorian Driver licence
• Current Infulenza vaccination

Staff Benefits

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Onsite car (subject to availability) and bike parking opportunities deducted pre-tax!!
• Frequent professional development opportunities and regular professional supervision
• Located close to public transport and cafes

If applicable, please specify specific requirements that you require in your cover letter or CV.

For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Denise Fry on [email protected].

Applications close 11pm AEST, Thursday 21st May 2026.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

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.