Join a Caring Team Dedicated to Older Adult Mental Health!

Join Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services as a Mental Health Clinician – Older Adults Mental Health, based at Woolloongabba Community Health Centre. This is a temporary full-time position until 30 June 2026, with potential for extension. You’ll provide clinical services to support the wellbeing and recovery of older adults in a supportive, multidisciplinary environment.

Job details

About your role

As a Mental Health Clinician within the Older Adults Community Mental Health Team, you will provide assessment, therapeutic intervention, and case management services to older adults experiencing mental health challenges. 

In this role, you will:

• Deliver evidence-based psychological, occupational therapy, or social work interventions.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments and develop tailored treatment plans.
• Work collaboratively with consumers, families, carers, and service partners to achieve recovery goals.
• Participate in clinical supervision, professional development, and quality improvement activities.
• Contribute to the education and supervision of students and less experienced staff.
• Maintain accurate documentation, reporting, and data integrity in line with service standards.

About you

We're looking for a compassionate and skilled clinician who is passionate about supporting the mental health of older adults and contributing to a collaborative, values-driven team.

You will have:

• Tertiary qualifications and registration in Psychology, Occupational Therapy, or Social Work.
• Authorised Mental Health Practitioner status.
• Experience providing assessment, therapy, and case management in mental health settings.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to engage with clients, families, and colleagues.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of an interprofessional team.
• A commitment to continuous learning, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice.
• Understanding of the unique mental health needs of older adults and a recovery-oriented approach.

What we can offer you:

• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services:

Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services provide inpatient, hospital-based and community mental health and community alcohol and drug services for all age groups across a number of campuses.

We embrace a forward looking, progressive approach and work collaboratively with all stakeholders in order to achieve expected outcomes. A clear and strong consumer and carer focus is promoted with our vision being to provide our community excellence in consumer centred, integrated care across the continuum of addiction (alcohol and drug) and mental health services.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS10665770 Role Description (PDF, 555KB)
  Role Description