Senior Mental Health Clinician - Intake Coordinator

Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities for professional growth

Competitive renumeration

Annual pay increases

12.75% employer superannuation

17.5% annual leave loading

Salary packaging

Employee wellness program

Work/life balance

Job summary

Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service is seeking an Allied Health Practitioner Senior to join the Integrated Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) in Brisbane.

The role delivers high quality clinical mental health care for children and young people within a multidisciplinary team, focusing on psycho‑social outcomes for patients and their families, and providing family‑centred care.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high level professional clinical mental health services as a member of a multi‑disciplinary team to optimise psycho‑social outcomes for children and young people with severe and complex mental health problems and disorders, and their families and carers.
• The Clinical Nurse will provide clinical services including triage, screening, assessments and treatment of children and young people (and their carer networks) with severe and complex mental health problems and disorders as a member of a multi‑disciplinary team. Consumer outcomes will be maximised by providing collaborative family‑centred care whilst promoting safe and professional standards of nursing practice and conduct.

Job description

CHQ is a specialist statewide hospital and health service dedicated to caring for children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales. Our vision is to lead life-changing care for children and young people for a healthier tomorrow. We do this through world‑class care, research, advocacy and leadership, and collaborating with our healthcare partners, most importantly families, to ensure we consistently deliver safe, high‑quality person‑centred care.

About The Team

The Integrated Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) provides complex secondary and tertiary level health care. CYMHS offers specialised mental health services for families with infants, children and young people (birth to 18 years) who experience severe and complex mental health problems, and where their needs cannot be met by other services. CYMHS provides a comprehensive, recovery‑orientated mental healthcare service that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and their carer networks. Recovery principles are embedded into service delivery, culture and practice, providing consumers and their families, in collaboration with other services, access and referral to a range of programmes that will support and sustain recovery. CYMHS combines hospital and community‑based facilities to provide free consultation, assessment and treatment of children and young people experiencing serious mental health disorders and problems with their carer network.

The Community Programme consists of 6 multidisciplinary teams that support children, young people and their families aged from 5–18 years of age presenting with complex mental health needs. Interventions range from acute crisis response to medium‑term interventions. Liaison with other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Organisations and other external agencies including schools is core to the Community CYMHS model of care.

About The Role

The position of Allied Health Practitioner Senior will:

• Deliver high level professional clinical mental health services as a member of a multi‑disciplinary team to optimise psycho‑social outcomes for children and young people with severe and complex mental health problems and disorders, and their families and carers.
• The Clinical Nurse will provide clinical services including triage, screening, assessments and treatment of children and young people (and their carer networks) with severe and complex mental health problems and disorders as a member of a multi‑disciplinary team. Consumer outcomes will be maximised by providing collaborative family‑centred care whilst promoting safe and professional standards of nursing practice and conduct.

Autonomy

• Practices autonomously.
• Provides leadership in clinical decision making to give and/or coordinate care to particular patients.
• Assumes responsibility for professional leadership for a ward, service or unit in the absence of the Nurse Grade 7 (NG7).
• Applies critical thinking across all the domains.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

Benefits

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.

Occupational group: Health - Mental Health Clinicians