We are seeking an experienced Mental Health Clinician to join the Rural Mental Health team in Wide Bay (Bundaberg) which provides Assessment and Triage + acute/short term case management to clients in the town of Childers. Referrals include young persons (from 16 years), Adults and Older persons. In this role you will deliver clinical services within an integrated mental health service environment with a multidisciplinary team focus. The provisions of these services are to consumers and carers experiencing and affected by serious mental disorders and other serious mental health problems across both the community and inpatient settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide discipline specific clinical expertise, support and clinical care to the team, consumers, their families and carers and other services throughout the broader community.
• Provide treatment recommendations and specialist advice to the multidisciplinary team, other health professionals and community managed organisations, as required, and assist with clinical decision making and the planning, implementation, and evaluation of care to facilitate a person centred and recovery oriented approach.
• Provide evidence-based, trauma informed assessment, specialist therapies and treatment interventions for consumers with acute and complex mental health problems, including the development and implementation of these interventions within the consumer’s home, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, the consumers families and carers and other service providers.
• Provide brief targeted interventions, support, and psychoeducation, as appropriate, to consumers and their families and carers and other service providers in the identification of their strengths and needs, formulation of goals and the development and implementation of care.
• Facilitate access to a range of appropriate community and inpatient services as required to ensure people receive the right support in the right place and at the right time, including providing comprehensive handovers and coordinating quality and safe transfer/discharge processes.
• Complete all required clinical documentation, including initial assessments, risk assessment, transfer of care, relevant clinical correspondence, and clinical data collection, within specified timeframes, predominantly via electronic records systems.
• Ensure ongoing assessment and evaluation of the role and associated guidelines, clinical pathways, protocols, and policies, incorporating evidenced based practice and other regulatory bodies or key stakeholders.
• Supervise students and less experienced Mental Health Services clinical staff as required.
• Actively participate in and contribute to the organisation’s Quality & Safety and Work Health & Safety processes, including in the development and implementation of safety systems, improvement initiatives, safeguarding practices for vulnerable people, and related training.
• The incumbent can expect to be allocated duties, not specifically mentioned in this document, that are within the capacity, qualifications and experience normally expected from persons occupying positions at this classification level.

About You

• Completed Qualification in Social Work or Psychology
• Professional Registration/Membership with AASW or AHPRA depending on speciality.
• Previous experience in mental health setting and experience in intake assessments
• Ability to remain calm in a crisis driven environment
• Interpersonal skills that demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate and negotiate/liaise with clients and members of the community.
• Ability to work with vulnerable young people and their families with an understanding of the holistic needs of the client and their families.
• Current Blue card, National Police Check or eligibility to obtain
• Current open drivers licence

Rates:

• Agency Rates: $70-$80 p/h + Penalties + Super + Free Accommodation and Travel Allowance

Benefits

• Free share accommodation for duration of contract
• Travel Allowance

Interested? We would love to hear from you:
Simply ‘Apply Now’ or email your CV to Chloe.Scott@cmr.com.au or call Chloe Scott in the Social Care Team 0731712929 (Option 2)