• Full-time or part-time basis to suit your lifestyle

• Supportive environment focused on team culture, work-life balance + wellbeing

• Engage, support, and encourage individuals on their recovery journey

• An amazing place to grow and diversify professionally

Job Title:  Mental Health Professionals (Psychological Therapies) Stepped Care Model – Mackay, Queensland.

Hours:  Permanent – Full-Time or Part-Time.

Practice Information:
This organisation provides allied health, home and community support, mental health and wellbeing and services throughout rural, regional and remote Queensland. Their goal is to assist in improving the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of the clients they work with. The team aims to make sure patients, their loved ones and carers receive the help they need. Whether they’re struggling with daily tasks or just need a little extra assistance, this organisation provides the right healthcare to improve patients quality of life. This is a multidisciplinary organisation, services include support workers to community care drivers, physiotherapists, speech pathologists, mental health workers and more. They serve over 50 communities across remote, rural and regional areas of Australia, including Townsville, Mount Isa, Longreach, Cairns, Mackay, Normanton, Doomadgee, Cloncurry and Mornington Island.

Position Details:
This organisation is part of a Regional Provider Network, that is taking a new approach to delivering client-centred mental health services. Partnering with several providers, their services take a collaborative approach, integrating different aspects of the mental health care system, to deliver a cohesive, easy-to-access, system of mental health care. They are seeking mental health professionals who are willing to work as part of this system and who are committed to the key guiding principles, which are outlined below:

• Support starts at time of asking

• Every interaction builds confidence in the system

• Overwhelmingly compassionate

• Outcomes that really matter

• The system stretches, not the person

These principles provide the foundation for the system and guide service delivery. The organisation is currently recruiting to various roles based in either Cairns, Townsville or Mackay to join our team as a Mental Health Professional.  Roles include:

• Psychologists (various levels)

• Accredited Mental Health Nurses

• Mental Health Occupational Therapists

• Accredited Mental Health Social Workers

Primary to this role, is delivering quality client-centred mental health assessment, treatment and/or case coordination services, in an integrated, stepped care model of service delivery. This is a voluntary service, for clients of all levels of complexity, and across the lifespan.

Qualifications & Experience:
North Queensland locations in Cairns, Townsville and Mackay offer a range of lifestyle benefits. The organisation operates an outreach model of service delivery, which means that you will be seeing other parts of Queensland as part of your role. The organisation is dedicated to helping those who may not otherwise receive mental healthcare and support, and you will see the real difference your work makes in people’s lives, by supporting people to receive treatment locally. The organisation is seeking team members who are:

• Dedicated individuals who are culturally sensitive and adaptable, with the ability to work both independently and autonomously.

• Have high-level communication and connection skills to effectively establish and support respectful and trusting relationships with individuals, their teams and partners, and the community at large.

• Genuinely committed to a new way of working in the mental health sector

Suitable professions include:

• Registered Psychologists (Provisional Psychologists are welcome and encouraged to apply)

• Mental Health Accredited Nurse (Mental Health Nurses eligible or working towards ACMHN will also be considered)

• Mental Health Accredited Social Workers

• Mental Health Occupational Therapists

The organisation is very interested in providing student placements and work experience First Nations Australians, people with lived experience, those who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and/or represent the LGBTQI+ community are warmly embraced as part of our team.

Please note: You will need a current, unrestricted 'C' class Australian Driver's Licence; All final applicants will be asked to consent to a criminal record check, and NDIS Worker Screening Check, and Blue card (if not AHPRA registered); You must have the right to live and work in Australia; and First Nations Australians are strongly encouraged to apply.

Salary Information:
On offer is a starting salary commensurate with qualifications and experience, plus:

• Up to $15,900 salary sacrificing

• Annual leave loading of 17.5%

• 5 weeks of annual leave

• Relocation assistance

About Mackay:
While a lot of places use the phrase ‘idyllic lifestyle’, for Mackay, this is the most apt description we can find. The tropical location with warm summers and mild winters, more than 30 beaches and cool rainforest hinterland really does make for a great place to call home. Combine all of this with a modern regional city, great range of shopping and dining options, thriving arts and culture scene, and recreational facilities that are second to none, the Mackay region truly has it all.

For more information on this position please contact our team via hws@healthworkforce.com.au.

Apply via the 'Apply Now' button on this page.

Following successful placement, eligible candidates may be entitled to receive support and financial assistance through Health Workforce Queensland's comprehensive workforce attraction and retention incentives. This position may be eligible for a scholarship or bursary for ongoing professional development.

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