About us: 

Cassowary Area Mental Health Service (CAMHS) is part of the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service (CHHHS) and provides mental health services from Fishery Falls in the north to Bilyana in the south, and west to Palmerston in Tropical North Queensland. Services provided include intake/triage, assessments, case management, treatment interventions, and consultation with a health promotion and recovery focus. Mental health services across the lifespan are provided by a multidisciplinary team including mental health nursing, social work, psychology, psychiatry, occupational therapy and indigenous mental health workers.

About your opportunity: 

In this position you will....

• Work with families and client's communities to promote recovery and community inclusion, co-ordinate/facilitate access to generic supports, services, opportunities and resources necessary to meet the consumer's identified needs and goals.
• Use the biopsychosocial model to conduct mental health assessments and assist consumers and families/supports to develop a comprehensive individual recovery plan and facilitate the effective delivery of care.
• Provide effective clinical care, working in collaboration with the Clinical Lead, Team Consultant Psychiatrist and the Cluster Operational Manager to ensure safe standards of consumer care.
• Develop and maintain collaborative work practices and relationships with other agencies (including non-government organisations), service providers and consumer and carer groups to ensure consumers have access to an integrated service system.
• Effectively communicate at all levels across the organisation and with external stakeholders, including non-government organisations, consumers and their carers.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

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What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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