Perinatal Infant Mental Health Clinician - Child and Youth Mental Health Service

at  Queensland Health

Role details
The Child and Youth Mental Health Service at the Mackay Community Health Centre are seeking applications for a Perinatal Infant Mental Health Clinician (Senior Occupational Therapist or Senior Psychologist or Senior Social Worker or Clinical Nurse Consultant) to join their team on a permanent basis.
How to apply and for mandatory requirements regarding this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
Your opportunity
The Perinatal Infant Mental Health Clinician is a senior Social Worker/Psychologist/Occupational Therapist or Clinical Nurse Consultant who demonstrates high-level knowledge and expertise in the provision and coordination of contemporary, person-centred care at an advanced level.
The Perinatal Infant Mental Health Clinician (Senior Social Worker/Psychologist/Occupational Therapist) is expected to demonstrate an advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice and decision making in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. This specialist role will work within the community setting, delivering clinical care in accordance with the CYMHS Model of Service, Mackay Mental Health, Alcohol & other Drugs division. This role will leverage both internal and external partnerships to work collaboratively in optimising care for infants who are at risk of severe and complex mental health problems and disorders, and their families and carers.
The Perinatal Infant Mental Health Clinician will report organisationally to the team leader of the Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS).
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 3,700 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

Workforce attraction incentive scheme
You may be eligible to receive the Incentive Scheme 1, the scheme is available to health workers that relocate from interstate or international to come work within our team may receive up to $20,000 in incentive payments under the Queensland Health Workforce Attraction Incentive Scheme (conditions apply).This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License

Please refer the Job description for details