COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT
About us:
The Access Services division of Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Services is responsible for service entry, intake/triage, acute and short term intensive mental health interventions for consumers of the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service. Access Services is a large division comprised of skilled multi-disciplinary team members from a variety of backgrounds including psychiatry, nursing, psychology, occupational therapy, social work, lived experience peer workers and administrative professionals.
Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.
About your role:
Deliver high quality evidence based clinical services (including tele-triage, tele-health assessments, generic and profession specific biopsychosocial mental health assessment, treatment, investigation, diagnosis and short term client management) child and youth, adult, and elderly consumers in accordance with professional and ethical standards.
Comply with the timely and accurate input and collection of consumer related demographic information, diagnosis, outcomes collections and provision of service activity into appropriate electronic databases.
Maintain and support reporting lines to the Access Services Team Leader and Access Services Operations Manager to ensure delivery of clinical services within a quality improvement framework, in a multidisciplinary team across a complex and varied work environment.
Actively participate in a working environment supporting quality human resource management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, workplace health and safety and ethical behaviour.
Provide clinical practice and professional supervision to less experienced staff, including students and those with provisional registration, to ensure the maintenance of professional clinical standards within the service.
For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.
What we offer:
Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest.
Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work environment.
Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.
Listen to what some of our staff have to say about working in our regions.
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