Psychologist- Aftercare Mental Health Clinician

Psychologist- Aftercare Mental Health Clinician , Queensland Health Are you passionate about supporting people on their journey to recovery and stability after a mental health crisis? This is an exciting opportunity to join our Aftercare Service as a Psychologist, where you will play a pivotal role in providing ongoing therapeutic support for individuals recently discharged from presenting with an acute crisis. About the role Partake in a permanent opportunity where you will work as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, collaborating with psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, and peer workers to deliver holistic, patient centred care. Your focus will be on enhancing resilience, preventing relapse, and empowering consumers to reengage with their lives and communities. We value your growth and wellbeing, which is why we offer free professional clinical supervision, ensuring you are supported in your clinical practice and professional development. In addition, you will enjoy weekend penalty rates, flexible rostering, and the option to salary sacrifice, maximising your take home pay. If you are driven, compassionate, and eager to make a tangible difference in the lives of those navigating mental health recovery, we would love to hear from you. Join us and be part of a dynamic service where your expertise will directly shape positive outcomes for patients and their families. About you Our ideal candidate will be someone who can carry out the following key accountabilities in accordance with the Metro North Health's values: Deliver competent level clinical psychology services to consumers with complex mental health and alcohol and other drug treatment needs based on valid and reliable evidence, in accordance with professional practice, ethical and mental health standards to ensure culturally appropriate consumer focused outcomes. Ensure consumers, carers and other staff are treated fairly and with mutual respect and understanding, regardless of cultural, religious, ethnic, and linguistic backgrounds. Staff are expected to possess knowledge of, or have the ability to acquire knowledge of, principles of patient- centred care, recovery-focussed care and trauma-informed care. Health Equity It is expected that all Metro North Health staff, including the incumbent of this role as a valuable member of the Metro North workforce, contribute to the health equity agenda and meet the intent of supporting the defined six actions that specifically meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHS), by actively supporting the elimination of racial discrimination and institutional racism; supporting increased access to health care; influencing the social, cultural and economic determinants of health; supporting the delivery of sustainable, culturally safe and responsive health services; and recognise the importance of working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations to design, deliver, monitor and review the health and support services we provide. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged and welcomed. Benefits when working for Metro North Allied Health Flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases Benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of 12.75% and access to generous salary packaging Additional entitlements for employees (casual employees excluded) may include sick leave, carer's leave, long service leave, paid parental leave, leave without pay to travel, professional development allowance and leave 5% annual leave loading with up to 27.5% for shift workers Rewarding career and development opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas Value driven organisation which provides a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance Be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology and innovation, excellence in healthcare, quality teaching and cutting edge research. Metro North Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace for all employees. We offer unique and rewarding professional development opportunities in a safe and flexible work environment with a focus on putting our people first. You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro North here: Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED VIA THIRD PARTIES (RECRUITMENT AGENCIES ETC.) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED Be careful - Don’t provide your bank or credit card details when applying for jobs. Don't transfer any money or complete suspicious online surveys. If you see something suspicious, report this job ad. #J-18808-Ljbffr