The position of Allied Health Mental Health Allied Health Professional will deliver gender affirming healthcare services as part of an interdisciplinary team to optimise outcomes for children and young people experiencing challenges in the development of their gender identity. Deliver competent mental health services as a member of a hospital-based multi-disciplinary team, to optimise psycho-social outcomes for children and young people who present with routine and complex mental health problems, and their families and carers.

Job details

About the Team

The Queensland Children's Gender Service (QCGS) sits within the integrated Child & Youth Mental Health Service providing specialist outpatient care at Queensland Children's Hospital and statewide through telehealth and local partnerships. The aim of the QCGS is to improve the health, wellbeing and function of Queensland children diverse in gender identity through affirmative, family focused, interdisciplinary assessment and specialist care. Being trans or gender diverse is viewed as part of the natural spectrum of human diversity by Children's Health Queensland and the clinical guidelines that inform our care. 

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 clinical services with children and young people who experience gender incongruence in accordance with the discipline specific Code of Ethics and the National Practice Standards for the Mental Health Workforce. This includes:
• Facilitate group educational seminars for families, carers, and young people;
• Provide assessment of gender dysphoria in addition to the risk and protective factors known to impact on gender dysphoria with the view to develop interventions and care plans that seek to reduce clinical distress in collaboration with the child, their family, key stakeholders and the inter disciplinary team.
• Provision of reports consistent with discipline and Queensland Health (QH) standards;
• Referral, liaison, and interagency collaborative care planning;
• Advocacy for young people and their families/carers.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.   

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

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 great benefits of working at CHQ HHS

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.

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, Information Pack and Applicant Tool Kit 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.

• 688202 HP3 Allied Health Professional - QLD Children's Gender Service RD (PDF)
  
  CHQ_Applicant Toolkit_2025 (PDF)
  
  CHQ_Information for Applicants_2025 (PDF)