Mental Health Clinician (Health Practitioner or Clinical Nurse) - Acute CareTeam

Mental Health Clinician (Health Practitioner or Clinical Nurse) - Acute Care Team

Mackay Hospital and Health Service provides health services in a range of regional, community and rural settings. Join an expanding Health Service with a culture of collaboration, trust, respect and teamwork. Our workplace is fast paced, challenging and supportive, where every employee plays a critical role in our success.

Working for Mackay Hospital and Health Service whether in regional, rural and remote will give you unique opportunities that you won’t experience in any metropolitan hospital.

The Acute Care Team at the Mackay Community Health Centre is seeking applications for a Mental Health Clinician (Health Practitioner or Clinical Nurse) to join their team on a permanent basis.

How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

• To provide an evidence-based standard of care by providing individual and holistic care, giving due consideration to the needs of the client, relatives and carers for the assessment, treatment, maintenance and support of people with mental health conditions.
• Effectively liaise, network and facilitate an integrated approach that is recovery focussed, evidence based across the continuum of care.
• Initiate and actively participate in quality improvement projects that facilitate the review and evaluation of the target service and associated processes.

About the Team

The Acute Care Team is the first point of contact to public mental health services 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Team will undertake triage and may facilitate the referral of the consumer to a more appropriate internal and/or external service such as a community mental health team, an alcohol and drug service or primary health care.

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
• Education opportunities, Study and Research

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).

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We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity , including making any reasonable adjustments to support you through the recruitment process.

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