Health Workers who take up employment with Queensland Health from intrastate, interstate or overseas may be eligible for incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme ). For further information regarding the Scheme and to verify eligibility, please refer to the guideline(PDF) ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/190415/Workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme-guideline.pdf ).

About us:

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Our values were developed by our staff, patients, and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.

About you: 

You are a qualified Psychologist or Social Worker or Occupational Therapist with demonstrated knowledge, expertise, and clinical skills pertaining to therapeutic interventions, assessment, and care planning for people with complex mental health needs, ability to apply evidence based clinical standards/principles within a multidisciplinary team and you have the initiative and responsibility in contributing to continuous quality and service improvement, including a high standard of professional conduct and the ability to provide practice supervision to other clinicians and students.

Your opportunity: 

To deliver quality intensive clinical services within a multidisciplinary team that facilitates the recovery and rehabilitation of people with mental illness/psychiatric disability, supporting consumers to take ownership and develop personal strategies that allow them to rebuild their capacity and achieve greater belonging within their community.

Your role: 

• Using a biopsychosocial model conduct mental health assessments and assist consumers and families/ supports to develop a comprehensive individual recovery plan and facilitate the effective delivery, undertake discipline specific assessments and interventions within well-established clinical protocols.
• Work with families and client's communities to promote recovery and community inclusion, co-ordinate/facilitate access to generic supports, services, opportunities, and resources necessary to meet the consumer's identified needs and goals.
• Apply professional judgement to a complex caseload, adapting routing clinical practice based on valid and reliable evidence.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of clinical practices, procedures, and protocols that support the continuum of care.
• Work with families and communities to promote recovery and community inclusion and to access generic supports, opportunities, and resources.

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 ( https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland )