Step-Up Step-Down (SUSD) Facility

The Mental Health and AOD Service SUSD provides services to adult clients aged 18 to 64 years with a severe mental disorder or illness who require treatment and care in a supportive environment.  These clients may require short-term residential support with intensive clinical treatment to prevent them deteriorating and possibly requiring admission to an acute inpatient unit. They may also be clients who no longer require intense clinical treatment in an acute inpatient setting but may still require a short-term continuation of supported 24 hour treatment following discharge from the acute inpatient unit.

Your opportunity

The purpose of this role is to competently deliver discipline specific services, independently and within a multidisciplinary team, to the clients of the Step-Up Step-Down Sub Acute Facility. The purpose of this facility is to prevent an acute admission to our mental health unit (Step Up) and to assist the transition out of hospital (Step Down). You will be a part of a small team of Queensland Health clinicians working closely with non-clinical partners Mind Australia to deliver a psycho-social recovery-based program

Benefits of working for Mackay HHS

Mackay Hospital and Health Serviceprovides a working environment which embraces professional development, builds capabilities, provides roles with variety and flexibility, supports staff to maximise their health and wellbeing and encourages work/life balance. Some additional benefits include:

• 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

It is a mandatory condition of employment for this role to be:

• 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.