About the role
About the Team
The Head to Health Kids Queensland (H2HK-Q) Brisbane Service is a secondary-level child development, mental health, and wellbeing service supporting children aged 0–12 years who are experiencing emerging complexities related to mental health and/or developmental concerns. A formal diagnosis is not required to access the service.
About the Role
In this role you will coach and support others to deliver for children, young people and families (Leader of Others) 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
- Deliver high level clinical services in accordance with the discipline specific Code of Ethics and the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce. This includes:
- Provision of high level independent clinical services in a secondary level service including assessment, treatment and clinical intervention to children and young people with mild to moderate development and mental health presentations, and their carer networks.
Communication/Team Participation
- Provide high level clinical advice and reports and work collaboratively with team members to provide multi-disciplinary assessment and intervention for service consumers.
- Provide high level clinical knowledge and skills for team training and continuing professional development activities to contribute to the quality and safety of the service.
Leadership/Work Unit Management
- Provide practice supervision, training and support to staff as well as training and supervision to students as delegated by the Discipline Director.
- Lead quality activities and/or research to improve or contribute to the evidence base and strategies for continuously improving mental health practice.
- Actively participate in a working environment supporting quality human resources management practices including employment equity, anti-discrimination, work, health and safety, and ethical behaviour.
About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)
Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.
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
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.