Ready to be the calm in someone else’s storm?

As a Mental Health Clinician, you’ll step into a dynamic role delivering crisis support, psychotherapy, case management and early intervention, while working at the heart of a collaborative team, providing outreach and recovery-focused support when it’s needed most.

With opportunities to grow your clinical autonomy, shape service improvements and help refine best-practice models of care, this role offers challenge, purpose and professional growth. Whether you’re a Psychologist, Social Worker or Occupational Therapist, we have a spot for you.

Job details

About us:

Central Queensland Mental Health Alcohol and Other Drugs Service (CQMHAODS): provides specialist mental health, substance and alcohol related care to residents of Rockhampton, Capricorn Coast, Gladstone, Central Highlands and Banana areas with services located in each area. Rockhampton is the principal service centre and as such provides the administration of the Mental Health Act, 2016, and is the location of the acute adult inpatient facilities. In addition there is an Adult Step Up Step Down facility located in Gladstone and an Adult Community Care Unit located in Rockhampton.

About the role:

• Provide discipline specific and generalist clinical services utilising a range of modalities relevant to adult mental health services as a member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to the delivery of clinical mental health services in collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders
• Provision of a sound level of clinical services (which includes crisis intervention treatment, provision of psychotherapy, case management, consultation, health promotion, early identification/intervention, liaison and education) in accordance with prescribed professional and ethical standards.
• Provide input in the development of clinical practices, procedures and protocols within the adult mental health clinical services.
• Work cooperatively and effectively within the team, with patients / clients and external service providers to ensure continuity of care.

About you:

Hold qualifications and registration with the appropriate registration authority to practice in any of the following:

• Occupational Therapy
• Psychology
• Social Work

A relevant postgraduate qualification is highly desirable for this position.

What we offer:

Total remuneration value of up to $132,567 p.a. is comprised of:

• An hourly rate between $43.68 - $58.59 p.h.
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% leave loading

Additional Benefits

• Ongoing Professional Development and Education Opportunities
• Flexible Work-Life Balance and Variety
• Generous Salary Sacrificing Options
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Discounted Private Health Insurance
• Fitness Passport

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) requirements:

It is a condition of employment for this role for the employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against vaccine preventable diseases as listed on the Role Description.

How to apply:

To apply, please submit the following:

• Your current CV or resume, including referees.
• A cover letter (1-2 pages) addressing how your experience, skills and values align with the key responsibilities and expectations outlined in the Role Description.
• Any additional forms / evidence as attached or listed on the Role Description.

For assistance:

1. Contact Recruitment.CentralQueensland@health.qld.gov.au
2. Quote the Job Ad Reference (JAR) CH6B676889

Applications close: Wednesday, 25 March 2026

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Further information

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Documents

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• Information for Applicants (PDF)
  
  CH6B676889 - Mental Health Clinician - Adult (PDF)