Mackay Hospital and Health Service is dedicated to delivering quality health care across the Mackay, Isaac, and Whitsunday regions.

Whether you’re working in regional, rural, or remote settings, we offer unique opportunities and experiences you won’t find in a metropolitan hospital.

Job details

Role details

The Continuing Care Team at the Mackay Community Health Centre Seeking applications from Occupational Therapist or Psychologist or Social Worker or Clinical Nurse to join their team on a permanent basis.

For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

• The successful post holder will function as a Mental Health Clinical Nurse as part of a multidisciplinary team responsible for coordinating and delivering case management and care coordination activities. The Clinical Nurse will manage a case load that supports individuals with serious mental illness to provide specialist assessment, crisis management, care coordination, delivery of nursing interventions, case review, advanced care planning and risk management to the Continuing Care Team.
• This role will also contribute to the planning, development, implementation, maintenance and evaluation of a broad range of treatment and prevention activities to promote recovery from mental illness.

About the Team

The Continuing Care Team (CCT) works individually and in group settings to provide ongoing mental health interventions. The service objectives are:

• Always strive to have the consumer and family or carers at the centre of any care intervention.
• To provide holistic, contemporary recovery focussed mental health care.
• To promote and maintain mental and physical wellbeing for all consumers.
• To ensure that services are accessible and responsive to individual needs.
• To ensure services are delivered safely, reducing risk or potential harm as much as possible.
• To ensure that any intervention assists the individual maintain an engaging and self-determined lifestyle in the community.
• Ensure the service is evaluated via accreditation, KPI's and other methods of audit or feedback informing continuous service improvement.
• To have a capable workforce able to respond to the complex competing needs of the population we serve.
• To advocate for the consumer who may be experiencing stigma or marginalisation as a result of mental illness and psychiatric disability.
• To educate and raise awareness of serious mental illness to the wider community.
• To ensure the service delivered is value for money.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,700 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.

Some of our great benefits on offer

• Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
• Flexible working arrangements
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

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 and supply the requested documentation by attaching to their online application. Applications remain current for 12 months (permanent roles) or for the duration of the vacancy (temporary roles).

Documents

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

• Role Description NG6 (PDF)
  
  Role Description HP3 (PDF)
  
  QH Information for Applicants (PDF)