Mental Health Clinician at Cabrini Health

Mental Health Clinician

Cabrini Women’s Mental Health Service

Part time (4 days per week)

Elsternwick VIC location

Cabrini offers:

• Salary packaging up to $15,900 tax-free each year, plus $2,650 meal & entertainment card benefits.

• Rewarding career growth opportunities.

• Attractive hourly rates + 12% Super + 17.5% leave loading.

• Vibrant Elsternwick location, close to public transport and cafes.

• Myki Commuter discounted fares.

Mental Health Clinician

Cabrini Women’s Mental Health Service is seeking an experienced and compassionate Mental Health Clinician (social worker, occupational therapist, nurse, or psychologist) to join our supportive and innovative multidisciplinary team.

This is a unique opportunity to work in Australia’s first private, women-only mental health hospital, where we provide evidence-based, trauma-informed care in a safe, nurturing, and empowering environment.

About the Role

This part-time role (4 days per week) includes a regular Sunday shift.

As a Mental Health Clinician, you will:

• Provide individual and group therapy, mental health assessments, and care coordination across inpatient and outpatient programs.

• Work collaboratively with a skilled and diverse team to support recovery and improve psychological and social functioning.

• Contribute your expertise to a service that values innovation, compassion, and continuous improvement.

💡 To acknowledge the requirement of Sunday work, these shifts are paid at time and a half. In addition, you’ll receive an extra week of annual leave (pro rata) each year. Many of our team find that while they work four days, their pay is comparable to a five-day week.

About You

You are a clinician who is passionate about women’s mental health and thrives in a collaborative, team-based environment.

Essential Criteria:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and registration (Psychology, Social Work, Nursing, or Occupational Therapy).

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in mental health.

• Demonstrated ability to provide evidence-based individual and group interventions.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work both independently and within a team.

• Commitment to trauma-informed, recovery-oriented practice.

Desirable:

• Training or experience in CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, CPT, schema therapy, or psychodynamic therapy.

• Experience facilitating therapeutic groups.

Why Join Cabrini?

• Be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team.

• Work in an innovative, evolving women’s mental health service.

• Access to ongoing professional development, supervision, and training opportunities.

• Make a genuine difference in the lives of women seeking recovery and support.

To view the full position description, click here

Enquiries should be directed to: Dr Zalie Merrett Head of Allied Health, Mental Health on 0402 033 435

Does this sound like your new role? Bring your skills and enthusiasm to Cabrini Health and help optimise the patient experience and health outcomes for our community.

Cabrini Health acknowledges the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for people of all backgrounds and abilities. Inclusion is core to our mission.

As part of our commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

Working for Cabrini

Cabrini Health is a Catholic, private, for-purpose health service located in Melbourne’s southeast. Inspired by the mission and ethic of care of the Cabrini Sisters, providing quality, compassionate care to our community for more than 75 years.

There is something special about Cabrini Health. Our highly skilled staff and specialists incorporate clinical research, innovative models of care and state-of-the-art technology to deliver the best possible care and outcomes for our patients. We demonstrate our mission to serve our community through outreach programs that support asylum seekers, provide healthcare in rural communities and in underdeveloped countries.

Our size, reputation and growth strategy ensure genuine opportunities for our people to learn, grow and realise potential.

Our values: Compassion - Integrity - Courage - Respect

MANDATORY FOR ALL NEW STAFF TO CABRINI

Employment with Cabrini Health will be based on satisfactory background checks such as professional references, National Police Check, vaccinations for annual Influenza plus a Working with Children Check (WWCC) may also be requested. Vaccination for COVID-19 is highly recommended.