• Enjoy a role where you will be an active part of a health care team that shows leadership and embraces change
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supported work environment
• Enhance your career at Victoria’s leading regional health care service

About the facility 

Barwon Health's Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol Service (MHDAS) provides integrated and recovery orientated mental health, drugs and alcohol assessment, treatment and community support to people of all ages within the Barwon region experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, mental health and / or drug and alcohol issues, and their families. 

Our service is internationally recognised for its innovative clinical programs and integrated models of practice that are client centred, accessible and family inclusive. We are fortunate to enjoy terrific internal relationships and have developed excellent partnerships with the local community that provide for seamless integrated care for our clients.

About the role 

As an Access Clinician, you will be part of the 24-7 Mental Health phone triage function, Emergency Mental Health Service (both in University Hospital Geelong Emergency Department and through the established PACER role) and will undertake community-based assessments. Across all these functions, it is imperative that access is provided in a timely manner, in the most appropriate service location.

Access Clinicians understand and appreciate cultural differences as expressed in lifestyles, values and experiences, and take these differences into account in the clinical response through collaborative decision making with the individual and their family.

About the culture

You will work with an innovative multidisciplinary team who maintain extensive knowledge and experience. You will have support and guidance from fellow team members and management who exhibit our Barwon Health values of respect, compassion, commitment, accountability and innovation.

Barwon Health staff benefits

• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development
• Access to employee wellness facility
• Salary packaging
• Social club
• Be our future Barwon Health Strategic Plan
• Aboriginal Employment Plan
• Our Commitment to Child Safety

• At Barwon Health we harness a diverse and inclusive workforce where we value each person’s uniqueness. We will embrace diverse life experiences and the perspectives of our people, whilst providing high-quality health care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability, or sexual orientation.
• Our organisation promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of our staff and consumers including children, and have appropriate recruitment resources in place to ensure background checks and reference checks are completed.
• At Barwon Health we are committed to providing positive employment opportunities and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and welcome employment applications from candidates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.
• We Barwon Health is proud to be Totally Smoke Free.