Mental Health Act Senior Support Officer

7 days ago

Sunshine Coast, Australia Queensland Government Full time $57,189 per year

Sunshine Coast Health is in southeast Queensland and extends through the coastal and hinterland areas from Caloundra in the south and Gympie in the north.

Sunshine Coast Health is a values-based organisation. We are committed to the maintenance of a culture in which we treat our colleagues with respect as we do our patients, consumers and the community. We respect, protect and promote human rights in our decision-making and actions.

This position provides a high standard of administrative support to the Mental Health Act functions at Sunshine Coast Mental Health and Specialised Services, ensuring that all legislative requirements of the Mental Health Act 2016 are met and to assist in the quality management, maintenance, inputting of legislative data contained in the Consumer Integrated Mental Health Application (CIMHA).

This position operates with a high degree of independence in performing the duties of the position while maintaining open channels of communication between the Mental Health Act Team and all staff within the department and members of multidisciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities include:

Utilise knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2016 (MHA2016) to provide advice to mental health staff across the District/Network regarding the interpretation, application and operation of the Act.

In collaboration with the Mental Health Act Administrator Delegate and mental health clinical staff, ensure that accurate and secure client records, systems and registers are completed, maintained and stored, in accordance with the Mental Health Act 2016 and Chief Psychiatrist policies and assist in quality assurance improvement activities in relation to the storage and ongoing management of consumer information, both in paper and electronic formats.

In collaboration with the Mental Health Act Administrator Delegate scrutinise and monitor Mental Health Act 2016 documents/forms to identify errors and return to appropriate clinicians for remedial action.

Remuneration value up to $57,089 p.a., comprising salary rates $ $50.46 p.h., employer contribution to superannuation (up to 12.75%) and annual leave loading (17.5%) (AO4) (part time position, 38 hrs p.f.). Applications will remain current for 12 months. Please note: only applications from candidates will be accepted (applications that may result in an agency fee will not be considered).

Why work for us?

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 Queensland Health 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.

We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community. We encourage people of all genders, races, ages and abilities to apply for roles within our Health Service.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Sunshine Coast here:

As a Sunshine Coast Health employee, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to:

  • A wellness program;
  • Generous superannuation;
  • Flexible work arrangements;
  • Career training and development; and
  • Salary packaging.

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