Your opportunity

• As a member of the Hinterland Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (AODS), this position will deliver high quality evidence based clinical services to consumers presenting with mental health issues in a rural setting.
• This will include intake/triage, clinical assessments, evidence based therapeutic interventions and treatments as well as case management, group/family work across the service’s programs as required.
• This position reports operationally to the Team Leader, Hinterland Mental Health Service, and professionally reports through the CCS Program Manager/Allied Health Director Mental Health and AODS to Discipline Director in the MHHS.

About the Team

This position is part of the Hinterland Mental Health Service, located in Moranbah (200km west of Mackay and provides outreach mental health services to Clermont, Dysart, Middlemount and Glenden. There is the expectation that successful applicants would travel to provide outreach to above-mentioned locations and to Mackay for training and/or professional supervision on an ongoing basis. The Hinterland team compromises of several programs:

• Child and Youth Service providing intake, assessment, treatment and case management services to young people (and families/supports) with moderate to severe mental health issues.
• Adult Service providing triage, assessment, goal & evidence based therapeutic intervention and treatment, and case management service for adults experiencing mental health issues in the rural setting.
• Acute Care Team providing intake/triage, assessment and crisis intervention to individuals who experience mental disorder within the MHHS geographical area.
• Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (AODs) providing specialist intake, assessment, intervention and community maintenance/aftercare for people experiencing challenges with Alcohol and Other Drug use.

Mackay Hospital and Health Service has six hospitals, two multi-purpose health services and four community health centres that employ more than 3,300 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.

Benefits of working for Mackay HHS

• Remuneration – Competitive packages with salary packaging options available.
• Superannuation – Up to 12.75% employer contribution.
• Annual leave loading – 17.5%.
• Employee assistance and peer support programs – Supporting our staff through difficult times.
• Wellbeing programs – Variety of initiatives available to suit all interests and lifestyles.

How to apply

For full details of this role and how to apply, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Mandatory vaccination requirements

• Vaccinated against, and remain vaccinated against, vaccine preventable diseases Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR), Varicella (Chicken Pox), Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Hepatitis B.
• Vaccinated against COVID-19.

For more information on your vaccination requirements should you be the successful applicant for this role, please refer to the Queensland Health employment directives.