At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead speech pathology services for children and young people with complex mental health needs.
- Company: Join the Integrated Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) team.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, professional growth, and a supportive work-life balance.
- Other info: Embrace diversity and inclusion in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in the lives of children and families while advancing your career.
- Qualifications: Must have expertise in speech pathology and a passion for mental health.
The predicted salary is between 82800 - 101200 $ per year.
About the Team
The Integrated Child and Youth Mental Health Service (CYMHS) provides complex secondary and tertiary level health care. CYMHS offers specialised mental health services for families with infants, children and young people (birth to 18 years) who experience severe and complex mental health problems, and where their needs cannot be met by other services. CYMHS provides a comprehensive, recovery-orientated mental healthcare service that aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people and their carer networks. Recovery principles are embedded into service delivery, culture and practice, providing consumers and their families, in collaboration with other services, access and referral to a range of programs that will support and sustain recovery. CYMHS combines hospital and community-based facilities to provide free consultation, assessment and treatment of children and young people experiencing serious mental health disorders and problems with their carer network.
About the Role
In this role you will deliver quality outcomes for children, young people and families (Leader of Self) in accordance with the Children's Health Queensland Leadership Excellence Framework and the Queensland Public Service and the CHQ values. Your contribution will include:
- Clinical Practice: Provide professional leadership in the promotion and maintenance of ethical standards and evidenced based best practice of speech pathology services in the specialist area of mental health consistent with the ethical and practice standards of Speech Pathology Australia, the National Mental Health Practice Standards, Queensland CYMHS Speech Pathology Scope of Practice and Recovery Frameworks.
- Communication / Team Participation: Provide high level integrated speech pathology advice and reports and work collaboratively with team members to provide multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention for service consumers.
- Leadership / Work Unit Management: Develop, lead and manage quality activities and/or research in speech pathology practice to continually improve care for consumers or to contribute to the evidence base for speech pathology practice within the mental health context. Provide practice supervision, training and support to staff and students of CYMHS service staff and as delegated by the CYMHS Speech Pathology Clinical Consultant.
Inclusion and diversity
To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.
Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS
If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Competitive renumeration
- Annual pay increases
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Salary packaging
- Employee wellness and assistance program
- Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility
You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.
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