Clinical Leader - District Ed Linq Coordinator - Cairns

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About us:

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services. Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About you:

You will be a qualified Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist or Speech Pathologist with demonstrated high-level experience in establishing, leading, and managing internal and cross-agency collaboration within a mental health context, comprehensive understanding of clinical and quality safety processes, including collection and analysis of data for reporting on service performance and high-level knowledge and experience in child and youth mental health service components in Queensland, in particular culturally appropriate child and adolescent mental health and Alcohol and Other Drug assessment, evidence-based interventions, case management and the formulation of recovery plans. 

Your opportunity:

To facilitate the collaborative development, implementation, monitoring and review of the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service Child Youth and Mental Health Service (CYMHS) Ed-LinQ program in alignment with the State Ed-LinQ program

Your role:

• Maintain strong linkages with local mental health, education, primary care, and community sectors.
• Attend key cross-sectoral forums to inform the collaborative development, implementation, and review of annual HHS Ed-LinQ work plans in alignment with the annual state Ed-LinQ work plan.
• Collaboratively develop, implement, and review an annual regional cross-sectoral forum to inform strategic planning for the HHS Ed-LinQ Reference Group.
• Provide support for CYMHS teams and clinicians in adopting the functions of the Ed-LinQ program.
• Identify and consider relevant data to inform strategic development of the annual work plans, including consideration of equity in service responses for vulnerable groups and diverse geographical locations.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland