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Senior Mental Health Clinician - Continuing Care Team
Mackay Community Health Centre
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
| Position status | Permanent |
|---|---|
| Position type | Full-time |
| Occupational group | Health - Mental Health Clinicians |
| Classification | HP4, Nurse Grade 7 |
| Workplace Location | Mackay region |
| Job ad reference | QLD/686288 |
| Closing date | 22-Jul-2026 |
| Job duration | Refer to Role Description |
| Contact person | Fortunate Javangwe |
| Contact details | 07 4968 3893 Access the National Relay Service |
Role details
The Continuing Care Team at the Mackay Community Health Centre Seeking applications from Senior Occupational Therapist or Senior Psychologist or Senior Social Worker or Clinical Nurse Consultant 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 Clinical Nurse Consultant is accountable at an advanced practice level for the coordination of clinical practice delivered within the Continuing Care Team, MHAODDS.
- 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 Consultant will manage a small 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.
- Working hours are 08.00 to 16.30 Monday to Friday, however; on occasion the post holder will be required to stay later if an emergent or crisis situation occurs later in the day.
- 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:
- To empower consumers with serious mental illness to live the life of their choice, with the support of clinical staff in collaboration with self, family, carers or NGO's to deliver a holistic package of care that is strengths based and sustains wellness.
- To have the consumer at the centre of any intervention.
- To provide holistic, contemporary recovery focussed mental health care.
- To promote and maintain mental and physical wellbeing for all consumers.
- To ensure 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 care delivery involves all those connected with the person, whether NGO or informal care, to support 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 and feedback that allows continuous service improvement.
- To have a capable workforce that is able to respond to the complex and often challenging or 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.
