The position of Senior Mental Health Clinician will deliver advanced professional services as a member of a multi-disciplinary team to optimise psycho-social outcomes for children and young people who are involved with the justice system, with severe and complex mental health and substance use disorders.

The Forensic

Child and Youth Mental Health Service is a specialist Program within the Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service.

About The Team The Forensic Child and Youth Mental Health Service is a specialist Program within the Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service. It is part of the broader Queensland Forensic Mental Health Service. Forensic CYMHS provides assessment and treatment services to young people with mental health issues and significant behavioural disturbance that have resulted/or place them at elevated risk of involvement with the criminal justice system.

Forensic CYMHS works within a collaborative partnership model with other community service providers, including other health care providers, education, child safety, police, courts, youth detention centres and youth justice services. A range of individual, family, and group-based assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation programs are offered, with the aim to promote recovery in young people with mental health needs and offending behaviours, increase community safety and reduce the risk of offending. Our vision is to provide high quality clinical care and reduce service inequity to child and youth forensic mental health consumers across Queensland.

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

- 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 services including assessment, treatment and case management to young people with severe and complex offending behaviours, mental health issues and substance use problems, across the court, detention and community settings.

Communication / Team Participation

- Provide high level specialised forensic mental health advice and risk assessment reports and work collaboratively with team members to provide multi-disciplinary intervention for service consumers and their stakeholders.
- Provide high-level knowledge and skill to team training and continuing professional development activities to contribute to the knowledge and skills of the forensic mental health team.

The Clinical Nurse Consultant in Forensic CYMHS is a registered nurse who is accountable at an advanced practice level for the provision of specialist mental health nursing expertise and leadership within a multidisciplinary team to deliver evidence based mental health services to young people who are at risk of or who are having contact with judicial services. Travel (including overnight)



may be required as the service area encompasses south of Rockhampton to the border with NSW and west to the borders with Northern Territory and South Australia. The CNC role and its Multi D equivalent are responsible for completing Fitness and Soundness reports for court requiring the successful applicant to be proficient at report writing and providing verbal feedback in the court room.

Autonomy

- Advanced level of autonomous clinical and professional practice.
- Advanced level of decision making in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team.
- Undertake operational leadership as required.
- Work collectively to apply the principals of clinical governance.

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 excellent benefits of working at CHQ HSS

Benefits

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 . Occupational group Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support

📌 Clinical Nurse Consultant/Senior Allied Health Professional Multi D (Brisbane)
🏢 Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service
📍 Brisbane