Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working with the Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Services team as a Occupational Therapist / Psychologist / Social Worker / Speech Pathologist (Mental Health Clinician). In this role you will be responsible for delivering evidence-informed clinical mental health services, including assessment, treatment planning, therapeutic interventions, and collaborative stakeholder engagement, for children and young people in care who present with extreme and complex emotional and behaviour challenges.

Job details

About us: The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About your opportunity: 

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Cairns and Hinterland Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service. The Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Service covers a large geographical area that extends from Tully in the South, to Mossman in the North and westwards to Croydon. The majority of services are predominantly Cairns based however the expansive geography of the region allows for travel to areas which most people only dream of.

About your role: 

• Provide a comprehensive and flexible clinical mental health service to children, adolescents and their family/carers including assessment, intervention, treatment planning and evaluation.
• Manage a complex caseload, using evidence-based interventions and with increasingly independent clinical judgement and movement toward more complex clinical decision-making.
• Maintain and support reporting lines to the Team Leader, Evolve Therapeutic Services and the Operations Director, Child and Youth Mental Health Services to ensure delivery of clinical services within a quality improvement framework, in a multidisciplinary team across a complex and varied work environment.
• Utilise advocacy and clinical skills, to contribute to and support high level professional standards and integrated service delivery that align with the strategic direction of the CHHHS Mental Health & AODS service.
• Work collaboratively with key government, non-government and private sector service providers to develop and implement a responsive interagency care plan to address the therapeutic and behaviour support needs of the child or young person.

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.

• CAH648824 Role Description (PDF, 830KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants