Senior Mental Health Clinician (Crisis Support Space) - Acute Care Team

Mackay Hospital and Health Service is dedicated to delivering quality health care across the Mackay, Isaac, and Whitsunday regions.

Whether you’re working in regional, rural, or remote settings, we offer unique opportunities and experiences you won’t find in a metropolitan hospital.

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