YPARC Clinican

Latrobe Regional Health is a leading provider of health care services across the Gippsland Region

 

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse YPARC Clinician role in a leading regional hospital? Join the Youth Prevention & Recovery Team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

 

Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) is looking for a Clinician to join our growing team on an temporary for 6 months (0.4EFT) and ongoing (0.2EFT) part-time basis.

 

YPARC provides short-term, 24/7 residential care in a safe, home-like environment. Delivered in partnership with Mind Australia, the service focuses on early intervention, recovery, and empowering young people and their families with the tools to manage mental health challenges.

 

About the Role

 

In this role, you will deliver high-quality, recovery-oriented mental health care within a multidisciplinary team. You’ll work closely with consumers, families, and carers to support meaningful recovery outcomes.

 

Key responsibilities include:

 

• Conducting mental health, social and physical assessments
• Developing and implementing collaborative care plans
• Administering and monitoring medications
• Delivering therapeutic interventions, counselling and support
• Working closely with medical, allied health and lived experience staff
• Supporting a safe, inclusive and recovery-focused environment
• Contributing to staff supervision, education and service improvement

 

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

 

About you

You are a compassionate and skilled clinician who thrives in a team-based environment and is committed to recovery-oriented practice.

 

You will bring:

 

• Registration as a Division 1 Nurse with a post-basic qualification in Mental Health Nursing and current registration with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Strong clinical assessment and therapeutic skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities
• A commitment to trauma-informed and culturally sensitive care
• A current Victorian Driver’s Licence

 

Desirable:

 

• Experience working in mental health (2+ years preferred)
• Understanding of the Victorian Mental Health Act 2014 and sector reforms
• Knowledge of AOD, developmental psychiatry, and recovery frameworks

 

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

 

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

 

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Anna Baranova, General Manager Acute and Bed-Based Mental Health Services via email: 🔒 Click to reveal email for a confidential discussion.

 

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

 

About us

 

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

 

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

 

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

 

Diversity and inclusion

 

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: 🔒 Click to reveal email 

 

How to apply

 

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

 

Applications close: 12 June 2026

 

Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.

 

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.