Job Description
Allied Health Educator (Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Services) - Cairns
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Shape the next generation of clinicians.
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Lead the development of a capable, confident and future-ready allied health workforce across Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Services. As the Allied Health Educator, you will drive clinical excellence through evidence-based education, training, mentoring and supervision. Supporting allied health professionals from entry-level to advanced practice, you will build workforce capability, foster continuous learning, and expand clinical education and placement opportunities to improve consumer outcomes.
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Make the move. Make a difference.
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Shape the next generation of clinicians.
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Lead the development of a capable, confident and future-ready allied health workforce across Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs Services. As the Allied Health Educator, you will drive clinical excellence through evidence-based education, training, mentoring and supervision. Supporting allied health professionals from entry-level to advanced practice, you will build workforce capability, foster continuous learning, and expand clinical education and placement opportunities to improve consumer outcomes.
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COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT
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About us:
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Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service provide an extensive range of health services at more than 30 regional, rural and remote facilities across a geographical area of 142,900 square kilometres. The Health Service is 95 percent self-sufficient with only a small number of high-level acute services being provided in Townsville and Brisbane.
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The Health Service is the primary provider of health services to residents of the Cairns, Tablelands and Cassowary Coast regions with a population of over 250,000 people, as well as providing specialist services to the Torres Strait and Cape York region.



Cairns Hospital is the primary referral hospital for Far North Queensland.
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About your role:
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Coordinate clinical education programs for pre-entry students and new graduate allied health staff and support clinicians to undertake clinical education of pre-entry students and new graduates, including ongoing monitoring and identification of local clinical education needs, promoting local capacity as well as quality, consistency and minimum standards of education.
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Support strategic direction by applying education methodologies to improve clinical practice through demonstrating initiative to contribute to change management and policy/procedure development in conjunction with key stakeholders.
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Proactively work within a model of empowerment and capacity building across staff and services within the HHS, building skills, knowledge, confidence and capacity of allied health.
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Utilise a quality improvement framework to develop the clinical education model and monitor education outcomes closely, reporting in a timely fashion to all relevant stakeholders and with the support of senior staff.
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For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.
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Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD)evidence as required for your employment in accordance with
legislation/government
policy and Directives.
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What we offer:
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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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Learn what it's like to work with us, in an inclusive and supportive work setting.
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Discover our dynamic and culturally diverse region through community and lifestyle.
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Listen to what some of our staff have to say about working in our regions.
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Visit our website to learn more about our hospitals and health centres.

📌 Allied Health Educator (Mental Health Alcohol And Other Drugs Services) - Cairns (Queensland)
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Queensland