Mackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork. Our workplace is fast paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success.

Working for Mackay Hospital and Health Service whether in regional, rural and remote will give you unique opportunities that you won’t experience in any metropolitan hospital.

Job details

Role details

The Continuing Care Team at the Mackay Community Health Centre is seeking applications for a Mental Health Clinician to join their team on a permanent basis.

How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

Work within a multidisciplinary team to provide mental health case-management services to adults with a chronic and/or severe mental illness and adjunct co-morbidities. Case-management will include assessment, intervention and treatment as well as group work as required, in accordance with professional standards and legislation (Mental Health ACT 2016; State and national plans and policies).

About the Team

The Continuing Care Team (CCT) works individually and in group settings to provide ongoing mental health interventions. The service objectives are:

• Always strive to have the consumer and family or carers at the centre of any care intervention.
• To provide holistic, contemporary recovery focussed mental health care.
• To promote and maintain mental and physical wellbeing for all consumers.
• To ensure that services are accessible and responsive to individual needs.
• To ensure services are delivered safely, reducing risk or potential harm as much as possible.
• To ensure that any intervention assists the individual maintain an engaging and self-determined lifestyle in the community.
• Ensure the service is evaluated via accreditation, KPI's and other methods of audit or feedback informing continuous service improvement.
• To have a capable workforce able to respond to the complex competing needs of the population we serve.
• To advocate for the consumer who may be experiencing stigma or marginalisation as a result of mental illness and psychiatric disability.
• To educate and raise awareness of serious mental illness to the wider community.
• To ensure the service delivered is value for money.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation by attaching to their online application. Applications remain current for 12 months (permanent roles) or for the duration of the vacancy (temporary roles).

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Role Description HP3 (PDF, 2.66MB)
  Role Description
  
  Role Description NG6 (PDF, 2.68MB)
  Role Description
  
  QH Information for Applicants (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants