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Mental Health Clinicians - Multiple Locations - Rockhampton - Mareeba - Brisbane - Ipswich

• Career starting, clinical mental health role with learning like no other.
• Opportunity to live coastal or regionally with easy commute.
• Be part of a new mental health service model in a unique work environment.

About the role: 

QCS is currently undergoing a period of change and expanding their psychology workforce to include social workers and occupational therapists, as Mental Health Clinicians. 

As a Mental Health Clinician, you will operate within a multidisciplinary team to complete risk screening and assessments, brief interventions and behavioural management support to assist in improving the wellbeing of adults in our care. You will broaden your skills and experience with a variety of work that helps ensure the smooth and efficient provision of these crucial services within the Centre. With an in-depth onboarding and training program, you will be set-up and supported to manage the clinical delivery required for this role.

If this sounds like a great opportunity, it's time to get your application ready.

Why Choose Us? 

• Redefined role: QCS is redefining roles and expanding the disciplines providing mental health services, so you can be one of the first to do this role and make it a success. 
• Clinical expertise: Complete risk screeners and assessments, as well as providing clinical and behavioral support, and tailored therapeutic interventions that support health, wellbeing and safety.
• Experiential growth: Manage a caseload for a range of clinical and non-clinical mental health presentations and situations within a multi-disciplinary context.
• Professional Supervision: Receive clinical supervision and mentorship that contributes to your capability learning, professional development and accreditation. 
• Supportive Culture: Work with a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, professional team providing mental health services within a dynamic operating environment

About you: 

• Sound clinical capability, with the ability to deliver quality mental health services in a challenging, high-demand environment.
•  Be adaptable and have a thoughtful approach to clinical practice and service delivery.
•  Use your interpersonal and communication skills to build effective and trusted relationships across teams and stakeholders.
•  Professional integrity with a solid understanding of ethical and legal responsibilities in applying policies and procedures in the provision of mental health services.
•  Cultural capability and inclusive practice, with a commitment to delivering services responsive to the mental health needs of diverse populations.
• Well-developed written communication skills with the ability to provide high quality professional reports and case notes.

Requirements

Mandatory Requirements: 

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology and membership with APHRA; and/or
• Tertiary qualifications in Occupational Therapy or Social Work with eligibility for membership or registration with AHPRA and/or AASW (discipline specific); 
• C Class Driver's Licence; and 
• Post-graduate experience in mental health would be highly regarded

Applications to remain current for 12 months. Suitable applicants from this process may also be considered for a suitability pool for subsequent identical or similar vacancies that occur within 12 months of the closing date of this advertisement which may include vacancies within other centres. 

We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. If you have a health condition, disability, or cultural or linguistic background that requires adjustments, please let our Talent Acquisition team know. We will support you to participate equitably throughout the recruitment process.