AddressMetro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population.
This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
The purpose of the role is to provide support to the Deafness and Mental Health Statewide Consultation Liaison Service with linguistic and cultural expertise in the development of appropriate resources, translation and training materials and to provide Auslan interpreting services for clinical and non-clinical activities within and on behalf of the team. This includes:
- Facilitating an inclusive service environment and engagement with and equity of access to evidence-based Mental Health care for Deaf consumers
- Educating staff from the perspective of lived experience of Deaf culture
- Providing high quality advice, management and administration of programs and service delivery including project work and work policy development
- Liaison and communication with other government and non-government services and community organisations, and representing the service at meetings, conferences and seminars
- Undertaking complex, detailed and specific tasks in major areas of service operations, including co-ordination of programs
- Working independently and making decisions to enhance service delivery
- Developing, monitoring and implementing initiatives, guidelines, procedures, training and staff development
- Monitoring resources and reviewing effectiveness of operations
Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.
Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).
We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights ( https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/humanrights ) and diversity ( https://www.forgov.qld.gov.au/inclusion-and-diversity-commitment ).
Applicants are encouraged to apply online; please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.
