QuickStart In-reach Service, Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service, Rehabilitation Services are looking for Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist QuickStart- Advanced Clinical to join their Woolloongabba team. The purpose of this position is to provide specialised clinical and consultancy services within the statewide Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service (QSCIS), QuickStart/service.

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We are Metro South Health 

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

The purpose of this position is to provide specialised clinical and consultancy services within  the statewide Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service (QSCIS), QuickStart/service. The position delivers advanced Psychology and interdisciplinary spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation clinical support   services to stakeholders/consumers within Queensland (QLD) to achieve excellence in patient care, education, and research.

This includes:

• Demonstrating advanced clinical skills in the area of  spinal cord injury (SCI) rehabilitation along the lifespan for people with SCI throughout QLD. Support is offered by proactive in-reach to non-specialist SCI hospital settings, delivered through telehealth, in person visiting, phone, email and educational events to patients and the clinicians who care for them. Proactive means providing support to identify and avoid problems and improve outcomes.
• Providing service wide Psychology clinical and professional advice on specialised clinical areas and service delivery models in the area of rehabilitation for people with SCI, for their significant others and for the health professionals and disability service providers who work with them. Including taking a lead role in skill development of less experienced staff.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description. 

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.  

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance. 

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases. 

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• MS07648669 (PDF, 616KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 415KB)
  Information Package for Applicants