Senior Mental Health Clinician (Crisis Support Space)
Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Posted 23 hours ago
Role details
The Acute Care Team at the Mackay Base Hospital is seeking applications from a Senior Occupational Therapist or Senior Psychologist or Senior Social Worker or Clinical Nurse Consultant to join their team on a permanent basis.
Your opportunity
- To work collaboratively with the emergency department, Acute Care Team, family members, individuals, carers and other multidisciplinary professionals to provide the necessary clinical care and therapeutic environment conducive to the dignity and well-being of consumers and carers in times of crisis.
- Utilise a high level of knowledge and clinical skill to provide, oversee and maintain a safe space (as an alternative to ED) for consumers in crisis in accordance with relevant standards and legislative requirements consistent with the Community Recovery principals, and the National Standards for Mental Health Services.
- Utilise a high level of knowledge and clinical skill to provide practical advice, supervision, and support within the multidisciplinary teams to ensure the provision of high quality and safe mental health services to the consumers and families.
- Support the non-clinical staff / peer workers working in the service.
- Conduct rapid mental health assessment if needed.
- The Crisis Support Space consists of 7-day week afternoon shifts.
- The position reports operationally to the Team Leader Acute Care Team and professionally to the appropriate Discipline Lead. This role has no staffing or budget responsibilities.
About the Team
Acute Care Services provide a specialised mental health service 24 hours per day, 7 days a week to consumers within the Mackay HHS catchment. Acute Care Services includes the Mental Health Inpatient Unit and the Acute Care Team and improves the mental health outcomes of people with severe mental illness, who have become acutely unwell. Acute Care Team and the Inpatient Unit focus on the individual in an acute phase of their mental Illness. Teams such as the Crisis support Space and Step Up Step Down are focused on hospital and Emergency Department avoidance, as well as ongoing recovery focused care.
About our Hospital and Health Service
Mackay Hospital and Health Service has 6 hospitals, 2 multi-purpose health services and 4 community health centres that employ more than 3,500 staff. The district covers an area of approximately 90,000km2 and provides services to patients and their families in Bowen, Cannonvale, Clermont, Collinsville, Dysart, Glenden, Mackay, Middlemount, Moranbah, Proserpine and Sarina.
Some of our great benefits on offer
- Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
- Flexible working arrangements
- A diverse work culture
- Career development
- Professional development opportunities
- Education opportunities, Study and Research
- Paid parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discounted Private Health Insurance
- Fitness Passport
About Mackay Hospital and Health Service
Queensland Health is the state's largest healthcare provider. We are committed to ensuring all Queenslanders have access to a range of public healthcare services aimed at achieving good health and well-being.
Through a network of 16 Hospital and Health Services, as well as the Mater Hospitals, Queensland Health delivers a range of integrated services including hospital inpatient, outpatient and emergency services, community and mental health services, aged care services and public health and health promotion programs.
What do we do?
Every day in Queensland Health:
• $29.980 million is spent on public health services
• 603 women are screened for breast cancer
• 1,309 people receive residential care in 20 aged care facilities
• 120 babies are born in acute public hospitals
• 760 callers are given clinical advice by qualified nurses through 13HEALTH
• 70 health services provide clinical consultations using state-wide videoconference technology.
• 6400 patient meals are served every day in Brisbane’s public hospitals alone.
• And much more!
In addition, $7 billion is being spent to build and expand our hospitals and health services for communities across the State, creating 40,000 construction jobs.
For a full list of our services, please visit http://www.health.qld.gov.au/about_qhealth/default.asp
Queensland Health also works with the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA) to deliver quality health services to Queenslanders. DOHA's responsibilities cover general practitioners, Medicare, immunisation, aged care, implementation of the National Health and Hospitals Network, private health insurance, pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), mental health, after hours GP helpline, and a range of other initiatives. More information on what DOHA does can be found here: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-overview.htm
To provide better patient outcomes, Queensland Health links with a number of organisations, community groups, and General Practitioners. Queensland Health is committed to providing a range of services aimed at achieving good health and well-being for all Queenslanders. The Health Services Information Agency’s (HSIA) role is focused on delivering and sustaining critical information services and innovative technology solutions to support delivery of healthcare services for Queenslanders. The Agency is currently transitioning to become a commercialised business unit within the Department of Health. The core behaviours of our team are based on collaboration, innovation and customer focus. Queensland Health’s Health Services Information Agency is one of the largest Information Communication Technology (ICT) operations in the state. In particular, we deliver: - Reliable access to Queensland Health's major information systems through a wide variety of desktop computers, laptops, personal computing devices and telephones. - Leadership and guidance in identifying and resolving the information and technology implications of changes in healthcare. - Innovation and ICT solutions and programs such as eHealth. - Leadership in the development and implementation of information management and ICT strategies, policies and standards. - Facilitation of governance to ensure the greatest health care value is obtained from investments that leverage information and ICT.