Senior Mental Health Clinician - Psychiatric Triage Service

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About the Role

Full Time | Ongoing | Endeavour Hills

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced and passionate Grade 4 Registered Nurse to join the Psychiatric Triage Service (PTS) on a full-time, ongoing basis.

The PTS is a 24-hour, seven-day telephone-based assessment and response service, providing a critical entry point to Monash Health Mental Health Services. The service supports adults aged 18–64 years and provides after-hours mental health assessment and advice for young people under 18 and older adults aged 65 years and over. Working within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you’ll provide timely mental health triage, assessment and care coordination for consumers experiencing acute mental health concerns.

Be the clinician who makes the difference from the very first call. Every day you’ll make critical clinical decisions that shape a person’s mental health journey. Working at the front door of Monash Health Mental Health Services, you’ll assess complexity, manage risk, collaborate with specialist teams and ensure consumers receive the right care at the right time. It’s a role that offers exceptional variety, develops advanced clinical judgement and provides opportunities for leadership, influence and ongoing professional growth.
Your role will include:

- Conducting comprehensive preliminary mental health and risk assessments via telephone.

- Determining the nature, urgency and level of mental health concerns.

- Coordinating timely and appropriate responses through referral to specialist mental health services and external agencies.

- Providing expert clinical advice, consultation and risk management support to consumers, carers and referring professionals.

- Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to ensure safe, person-centred and recovery-oriented care.

- Providing advanced clinical leadership, mentoring and support to colleagues, and contributing to service improvement initiatives and evidence-informed practice across the service.

About You

You are an experienced mental health clinician who thrives in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. You bring excellent clinical judgement, strong assessment skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality, recovery-oriented care. We’re looking for clinicians who demonstrate:

- Experience assessing and managing consumers experiencing acute and complex mental health presentations.

- Sound knowledge of the Victorian Mental Health and Wellbeing Act, relevant legislation and contemporary mental health practice.

- Excellent communication, clinical reasoning and decision-making skills.

- The ability to confidently assess and manage risk while working collaboratively with consumers, carers and multidisciplinary teams.

- A commitment to recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and person-centred practice.

- The ability to work autonomously while contributing positively to a supportive team culture.

- Experience providing clinical leadership, supervision, mentoring, quality improvement or service development will be highly regarded.

Qualification and registration requirements are outlined in the below supporting position documentation.

In Return

This is more than a triage role; it’s an opportunity to develop highly transferable specialist skills while working alongside some of the most experienced mental health clinicians in the sector. In this role you’ll enjoy:

- Meaningful clinical variety where every shift presents new challenges, requiring advanced assessment, critical thinking and decision-making across a diverse range of mental health presentations.

- A genuine opportunity to influence care. You’ll be the first point of contact for many consumers, playing a pivotal role in determining timely access to the right care and services.

- Strong clinical support. You will work within a highly experienced multidisciplinary team that values collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous learning.

- Career progression. Whether you’re consolidating your Grade 3 practice or stepping into Grade 4 leadership, you’ll have opportunities to develop advanced clinical expertise, leadership capability and professional confidence.

- An opportunity to contribute to supervision, mentoring, service development and quality improvement initiatives that shape the future of the service.

- The benefits of Monash Health: Salary packaging, professional development, wellbeing initiatives and the opportunity to build your career within Victoria’s largest public health service.

For a confidential discussion and to explore this opportunity further, please reach out to Kelly Isle on 0405 494 156 or Matthew Parker on 0400 144 884

Position Description can be found here.

Our Culture and Values

At Monash Health, our people are at the heart of everything we do. Our culture is inclusive, supportive and future-focused, underpinned by clear values and a commitment to continuous improvement.

We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards.

How to Apply

Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’

Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.

Applications close 6 December 2026.