Make a Meaningful Difference in Older Adult Mental Health

Join a compassionate multidisciplinary team delivering person-centred community mental health care to older adults while developing your clinical expertise in a supportive, evidence-based environment.

Job details

Your new role:

Provide comprehensive community-based mental health assessment, intervention and case management for older adults, working collaboratively within an experienced multidisciplinary team. You'll deliver high-quality, recovery-focused care, support patients and their families through every stage of their journey, contribute to service improvement and research initiatives, and help educate the next generation of health professionals while continuing to grow your own clinical skills.

About you:

You are a compassionate and motivated allied health professional who is passionate about delivering high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care to older adults while thriving in a collaborative multidisciplinary team. You will be able to:

• Demonstrate experience in delivering evidence-based mental health assessment, intervention and case management with a strong patient-centred focus.
• Communicate confidently and build effective relationships with consumers, families, carers and multidisciplinary teams to achieve the best outcomes.
• Manage a varied clinical caseload with sound clinical judgement, strong organisational skills and accurate documentation.
• Contribute to clinical education, quality improvement and service development while embracing ongoing learning and professional growth.
• Champion safe, inclusive and compassionate care, promoting dignity, respect and positive health outcomes for every consumer.

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What we can offer you:

• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 better together.

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.

• MS08689626 Role Description (PDF)
  
  Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF)
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF)