Mackay Hospital and Health Service is dedicated to delivering quality health care across the Mackay, Isaac, and Whitsunday regions.

Whether you’re working in regional, rural, or remote settings, we offer unique opportunities and experiences you won’t find in a metropolitan hospital.

Role details

The Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team at the Mackay Community Health Centre  Seeking applications from Senior Occupational Therapist or Senior Psychologist or Senior Social Worker or Clinical Nurse Consultant to join their team on a Senior Mental Health Clinician basis.

For information on how to apply and the mandatory requirements for this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Your opportunity

• To support the Mackay Mental Health Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team to deliver high quality clinical services and leadership as a member of a multidisciplinary team to achieve better health outcomes for clients with severe and persistent mental illness living within the community.
• To deliver a high level of contemporary clinical management to the clients of the Mackay Mental Health Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team.
• To provide professional leadership and support the Team leader in the coordination of all clinical services for the Mackay Mental Health Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team.

About the Team

The Mobile Intensive Rehabilitation Team (MIRT) delivers safe, high quality, intensive, integrated and evidence driven mental health care. Clinicians provide a responsive, assertive treatment and rehabilitation recovery orientated multidisciplinary service, aimed at improving the quality of life for clients with complex mental health needs who require intensive intervention in the community. MIRT assists in facilitating the development or re-engagement with meaningful life roles for clients, with an explicit belief that people can and do recover from mental illness. Clinicians provide developmentally appropriate, specialist mental health interventions and ongoing assessment for those clients who require higher intensity treatment and support to recover from mental illness. The team plan, co-ordinate and support a range of internal and external services with clients and their carers. Clinicians work with clients and their networks to develop their sense of self efficacy, personal support systems and live independently to participate fully within their chosen community.

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