Senior Mental Health Clinician – Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team

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.

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.

Ability to effectively manage a caseload, build collaborative partnerships and work within multidisciplinary and primary care settings.

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

About Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ)

Wesley Mission Queensland is a leading not-for-profit provider of health and community services. With over a century of service, we support people across all life stages with aged care, disability support, mental health services, and community outreach. Our values, Innovation, Hope, Integrity, Compassion, Justice, Empowerment, and Respect, guide everything we do.

WMQ's vision for reconciliation is for all people to stand unified in an equal and inclusive future. We commit to enhancing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander People and celebrating diversity. As part of our commitment to Reconciliation we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.