We are Metro South Health

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.

We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.

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.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.

We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.

Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

The Mental Health Intervention Coordinator (MHIC) role is a specialist position based on a consultation and liaison model of service between Metro South Addiction & Mental Health Services (MSAMHS), Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS). The MHIC promotes, coordinates, and reviews the operational, clinical, and educational requirements of the Mental Health Intervention Program (MHIP) and the Tri Agency Partnership between MSAMHS, QPS and QAS. The position will provide in reach services to Logan, Woolloongabba & Redlands services. The MHIC role provides an advanced level of consultation and liaison to stakeholders within the program to increase the capacity of district services to reduce and respond to mental health crisis situations. This is achieved through a high level of communication, collaborative service and community development, assessment and support, crisis intervention, training, and evaluation.

The purpose of this position is to provide specialised clinical and consultancy services within Recovery, Resource and Partnerships Team /service. The position delivers advanced Mental Health consultation services to stakeholders/consumers within Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services to achieve excellence in patient care, education, and research.

This includes:

• Demonstrating advanced clinical skills in the area of mental health practice
• Providing service wide mental health clinical and professional advice on specialised clinical areas and service delivery models in the area of the Mental Health Intervention Program.
• Including taking a lead role in skill development of less experienced staff.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

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 Metro South 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.

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: https://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/careers