Experience everything Cairns has to offer while working as an Occupational Thereapist - Program Coordinator with the Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Services team. You will deliver discipline-specific evidence-based therapeutic mental health assessments and interventions for mental health consumers on the Mental Health Unit, including the coordination of recovery-based therapeutic activity programs within a multidisciplinary team.

Job details

Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme. For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline.

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service strives to provide excellence in health care, wellbeing, research and education in Far North Queensland.

About Your role:

You will...

• Coordinate program activities and work in collaboration with the Mental Health Unit allied health, nursing and medical staff to ensure the provision of quality therapeutic interventions and the promotion of a Recovery approach.
• Provide leadership by effectively planning, managing and evaluating therapeutic activities programs and consumer and carer participation initiatives for consumers of the Mental Health Unit.
• Maintain the currency and quality of clinical practice knowledge, skills and expertise by actively contributing to and participating in professional development activities, including operational and professional practice supervision.
• Undertake profession specific assessments and interventions that support mental and physical health and wellness, rehabilitation and recovery-oriented approaches within well-established clinical protocols.
• Demonstrate ability to provide leadership by effectively planning, managing and evaluating therapeutic activity programs and consumer and carer participation initiatives for consumers of the Mental Health Unit.
• Demonstrate sound knowledge of contemporary human resource management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, occupational health and safety and ethical behaviour.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

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. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

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

• CAH593690 Role Description (PDF, 540KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants