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Mental Health Professional - Cairns
Cairns
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Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working with Mental Health Old Persons Cairns as Mental Health Professional. Bring your clinical expertise as a Social Worker, Psychologist or Occupational Therapist to support integrated care—empowering minds, supporting recovery, and driving better mental health outcomes.Job details
| Position status | Fixed Term Temporary |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support |
| Classification | HP3 |
| Workplace Location | Cairns region,Far North Qld |
| Job ad reference | QLD/CAH683367 |
| Closing date | 11-Jun-2026 |
| Job duration | Please see Role Description |
| Contact person | Adrian Hosking |
| Contact details | 07 4226 2760 Access the National Relay Service |
About us:
We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services.
The Older Persons Mental Health Service (OPMHS) is a small multidisciplinary team offering domiciallry psychiatric consultation liaison service, in conjunction with GPs, in a shared care model. We offer limited outreach to the near CHHHS district, from Tully, to Herberton and Mossman areas.
You will be responsible for delivering specialised clinical mental health practice through the provision of short term co-ordinated service, assessment and/or intervention to older persons who suffer from a mental health disorder, or a disorder related to aging complicated by a pre-existing mental disorder.
About your role:
- Deliver clinical services within a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive consultation and liaison mental health services to consumers of Mental Health and/or aged care services.
- Maintain and support reporting lines, with support from the senior clinician to the Director of Allied Health to ensure delivery of clinical services within a quality improvement framework, in a multidisciplinary team across a complex and varied work environment.
- Provide clinical education and/or practice supervision pertaining to routine tasks for students and less experienced staff with the support of senior clinical staff.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
What we offer:
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.
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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
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