Deliver high quality evidence based clinical services and leadership for identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers requiring mental health support as part of a multidisciplinary perinatal wellbeing team. This also involves adopting a sustained cross-Government focus on strengthening cultural competence.

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About the role

Deliver high quality evidence based clinical services and leadership for identified Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander consumers requiring mental health support as part of a multidisciplinary perinatal wellbeing team. This also involves adopting a sustained cross-Government focus on strengthening cultural competence. This position also provides clinical practice and professional supervision to less experienced relevant allied health professionals to ensure the maintenance of professional clinical standards within the service.

About you

Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values:

• Work with and collaborate with Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander staff internally and externally to ensure that practice is delivered in a culturally safe and responsive manner.
• Deliver contemporary high level clinical services based on profession specific valid and reliable evidence, for antenatal and postnatal patients and their partners identified as requiring specialist mental health treatment across MNH.
• Apply high level professional judgement and decision making to a complex and critical caseload, adapting routine clinical practice based on valid and reliable clinical evidence utilising high level clinical problem-solving skills. This includes supporting consumers with histories of complex childhood sexual abuse and other adverse childhood experiences, complex trauma (including previous birth trauma), emotional dysregulation and personality vulnerabilities.
• Provide advice on the management of mental health problems to health professionals with the aim of ensuring appropriate and necessary ongoing treatments and build capacity within Ngaramma maternity service around Mental health and support of consumers with special regard to cultural appropriateness within a trauma informed care framework.

Health Equity

It is expected that all Metro North Health staff, including the incumbent of this role as a valuable member of the Metro North workforce, contribute to the health equity agenda and meet the intent of supporting the defined six actions that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), by actively supporting the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racism; supporting increased access to health care; influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health; supporting the delivery of sustainable, culturally safe and responsive health services;  and recognise the importance of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review the health and support services we provide.

Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health

• Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases
• Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging
• Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave
• 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers
• Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas
• Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance

Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: https://metronorth.health.qld.gov.au/careers

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

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED

Further information

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

Documents

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

• MH637592 - Role Description (PDF, 486KB)
  Role Description
  
  Application Support (PDF, 860KB)
  Application Kit
  
  Benefits for working with MN (PDF, 1.00MB)
  Application Kit