Your new role:
Working under the guidance of treating clinicians, you will provide essential clinical and practical support to mental health consumers with complex needs to promote independent living and recovery.
Deliver consumer care: Implement individual or group treatment programs, conduct clinical screenings, and assist with daily living skills under therapist supervision.
Provide community linkages: Support consumers through transport, advocacy, crisis response, and education to help them successfully transition and access vital services.
Manage clinical data: Complete accurate, timely electronic documentation across specialized healthcare applications to meet critical legislative and Mental Health Act requirements.
About you:
We are looking for a collaborative, culturally sensitive professional who holds the required qualifications and is dedicated to person-centred care and safety.
Qualified and compliant: Hold a Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance or Mental Health, a valid Class C driver's licence, and meet all mandatory healthcare vaccination requirements.
Skilled team collaborator: Excel at working within multi-disciplinary teams, resolving conflicts, and communicating effectively with diverse patients, carers, and external support networks.
Proactive service supporter: Demonstrate an ability to mentor less experienced staff, manage risk safely, and actively participate in ongoing service and quality improvement activities.
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What we can offer you:
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.
About us:
Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:
Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.
We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
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 Metro South Health:
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.
We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.
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