Mental Health Clinician

Your new role:

As a Mental Health Clinician within the Logan Acute Care Team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, recovery-oriented mental health services to consumers experiencing acute mental health needs within the community.

In this role, you will:

Deliver timely clinical assessments, brief and crisis interventions, and contribute to discharge planning within a multidisciplinary acute care setting

Manage an allocated caseload using sound clinical judgement, prioritisation, and effective time management

Work collaboratively with consumers, carers, families, and internal and external stakeholders to support person-centred outcomes

Participate in clinical education, supervision, service improvement, and quality and safety activities under the guidance of senior staff

About you:

You are a committed and capable mental health clinician who thrives in a fast-paced, team-based environment and is passionate about delivering evidence-based, consumer-focused care.

You will bring:

Relevant tertiary qualifications and eligibility for professional registration or membership as a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, or Social Worker

Demonstrated ability to provide high-quality, evidence-based mental health assessment and intervention within an interprofessional team

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively with consumers, carers, and stakeholders

A commitment to professional development, quality improvement, and delivering safe, compassionate, and culturally responsive care

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What we can offer you:

We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.

We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.

We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role

You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

About us:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

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