Senior Mental Health Clinician - Crisis Support Space

This role may be eligible for the Queensland Health Attraction Incentive Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Scheme

Your opportunity

The position of Senior Mental Health Clinician will:

• To work collaboratively with the emergency department, ACT, family members, individuals, carers and other multidisciplinary professionals to provide the necessary clinical care and therapeutic environment conducive to the dignity and well-being of consumers and carers in times of crisis.
• Utilise a high level of knowledge and clinical skill to provide, oversee and maintain a safe space (as an alternative to ED) for consumers in crisis in accordance with relevant standards and legislative requirements consistent with the Community Recovery principals, and the National Standards for Mental Health Services.
• Utilise a high level of knowledge and clinical skill to provide practical advice, supervision, and support within the multidisciplinary teams to ensure the provision of high quality and safe Mental Health services to the consumers and families.
• Support the non-clinical staff / peer workers working in the service.
• Conduct rapid Mental Health assessment if needed.
• The Crisis Support Space consists of 7-day week afternoon shifts.
• The position reports operationally to the Team Leader Acute Care Team and professionally to the appropriate Discipline Lead. This role has no staffing or budget responsibilities.

About the Team

Acute Care Services (ACS) provide a specialised Mental Health service 24 hours per day, 7 days a week to consumers within the MHHS catchment.  ACS includes the Mental health Inpatient Unit (MHIU) and the Acute Care Team (ACT) and improves the Mental Health outcomes of people with severe mental illness, who have become acutely unwell.  ACT and the Inpatient Unit focus on the individual in an acute phase of their mental Illness. Teams such as the Crisis support Space (CSS) and Step-Up-Step Down (SUSD) are focused on hospital and Emergency Department avoidance, as well as ongoing recovery focused care.

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has six hospitals, two multi-purpose health services and four 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.

Benefits of working for Mackay HHS

• Remuneration - Competitive packages with salary packaging options available.
• Superannuation - Up to 12.75% employer contribution.
• Annual leave loading - 17.5%.
• Employee assistance and peer support programs - Supporting our staff through difficult times.
• Wellbeing programs - Variety of initiatives available to suit all interests and lifestyles.

How to apply

For full details of this role and how to apply, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Mandatory vaccination requirements

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, vaccine preventable diseases Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella (Chicken Pox), Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Hepatitis B.

For more information on your vaccination requirements should you be the successful applicant for this role, please refer to the Queensland Health employment directives.