Mental Health Clinician - (OT

Make a difference in acute mental health care – join our Bayside Acute Care Team

Bring your clinical expertise and compassionate approach to a supportive multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based care to people experiencing acute mental health concerns.

Join the Bayside Acute Care Team (ACT) and provide high-quality, person-centred mental health care in an outpatient setting. You will undertake clinical assessment, therapeutic intervention, care planning and discharge support while working closely with consumers, families, carers and a multidisciplinary team.

You will also contribute to clinical education, student supervision, quality improvement and research, while developing your clinical expertise and supporting positive outcomes for consumers.

You are a compassionate and motivated mental health professional who brings sound clinical judgement, strong communication skills and a genuine commitment to delivering safe, person-centred care. You will have:

• Strong clinical skills in assessment, intervention and care planning
• Confident communicator who builds respectful relationships with consumers, families and teams.
• Collaborative team player who values multidisciplinary care and shared decision-making.
• Evidence-based practitioner committed to quality, safety and continuous improvement.
• Committed to growth, professional development and supporting students and colleagues.

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• We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

The Bayside Acute Care Team (ACT) is a part of Metro South Addictions and Mental Health Services.  ACT obtains service requests from the local 1300 MH CALL tele triage, Emergency departments and other mental health services based upon urgency and prioritisation of care.  ACT provides multidisciplinary mental health service to consumers with acute care needs in a community setting.

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

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 better together.