About this role
Your Role as Senior Mental Health Clinician – Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team In this role you’ll deliver evidence-based mental health care to adults with complex needs through a multidisciplinary, primary care-based service. The role works closely with GPs and partner practices to provide coordinated, recovery-focused support while contributing clinical leadership and mentoring within the team.
Key responsibilities include:
• Conducting comprehensive mental health assessments and develop evidence-based, recovery-oriented care plans tailored to individual needs. • Delivering brief psychological and psychosocial interventions, including individual and group-based therapeutic programs. • Managing a caseload of adults with complex mental health needs, providing coordinated care and ongoing case management. • Undertaking clinical and suicide risk assessments, develop safety plans and respond to escalating risks in line with organisational procedures. • Partnering with GPs and multidisciplinary team members to deliver integrated care, shared care planning and case conferencing. • Coordinating referrals and support safe transitions between services, ensuring continuity of care and positive outcomes. • Providing clinical leadership through mentoring, secondary consultation and support for clinicians and new team members. • Maintaining high-quality clinical records, contribute to quality improvement activities and ensure compliance with clinical governance standards.
PLEASE NOTE: This is a Fixed-Term Part-Time position consisting of 25 hours per week until 30/06/2028.
What We Offer
• Salary Packaging: Package up to $15,900 each year on everyday living expenses and up to $2,650 on meals and entertainment reducing your taxable income and giving you more in your pocket. • Career Advancement Opportunities: We provide ample career advancement opportunities at WMQ, offering diverse pathways for growth and professional development. • Wellbeing Support: Access to discounts on private health insurance and gym memberships, and free, confidential counselling through our employee assistance program.
What We’re Looking For
• Relevant tertiary qualification in a mental health or allied health discipline. • Minimum 3 to 5 years' experience supporting adults with severe and complex mental health needs. • Experience delivering evidence-based assessment, treatment and case management. • Demonstrated expertise in recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and culturally safe practice, including clinical and suicide risk assessment.
A Valuable Addition, Yet Not a Must-Have!
• Experience supporting people transitioning from hospital or acute community mental health services. • Knowledge of, and established linkages with, First Nations, CALD, Pasifika and LGBTQIA+ communities. • Lived or living experience of mental health recovery. Essential Requirements
• Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status (or as required by legislation and WMQ policy) • Relevant probity checks required by legislation and WMQ Limited policy. • Current Driver’s Licence and willingness to travel for work
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