Role details

The AODS and Specialist Teams at the Mackay Community Health Centre is seeking applications for a Senior Mental Health Clinician (Early Psychosis) 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 support the Mackay Mental Health Early Psychosis Team to deliver high quality clinical services and leadership as a member of a multidisciplinary team to achieve better health outcomes for clients with emerging mental illness living within the community.
• To deliver a high level of contemporary clinical management to the clients of the Mackay Mental Health Early Psychosis Team.
• To provide professional leadership and support the Team leader in the coordination of all clinical services for the Mackay Mental Health Early Psychosis Team.

About the Team

The Alcohol and Other Drugs (AODS) and Specialists Team works individually and in group settings to provide ongoing mental health interventions. The team consists of: Early Psychosis Team, Older Persons Mental Health, Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team and Alcohol and Other Drugs Services.

The Early Psychosis Team (EP) delivers safe, high quality, intensive, integrated and evidence driven early intervention mental health care to young people aged 15 – 25. Clinicians provide a responsive, assertive treatment to young people who have experienced, or at risk of developing, a first episode of psychosis.

About our Hospital and Health Service

Mackay Hospital and Health Service ( https://www.mackay.health.qld.gov.au/ )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
• A diverse work culture
• Career development
• Professional development opportunities
• Education opportunities, Study and Research
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Workforce attraction incentive scheme

You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 1, the scheme is available to health workers that relocate from interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $20,000 in incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply). ( https://www.careers.health.qld.gov.au/working-for-us/workforce-attraction-incentive-scheme )