Mental Health Clinician

Mental Health Clinician

Looking for more than just your next role? Build a fulfilling career delivering essential mental health care in the heart of outback Queensland.

Classifications

• Healthcare & Medicine
• Psychology
• Permanent / Full Time

Key points

• Permanent full-time opportunity based in Longreach.
• Great benefits - Competitive Base + Super + 18.5 K Salary Packaging
• Extra benefits - Rent/Mortgage assistance of $305 per week (or 15K per year!!)

Description

Are you an experienced Mental Health Clinician looking to make a genuine difference in rural and remote Queensland?
Our Outback Mental Health and Wellbeing Team is seeking a Mental Health Clinician to provide purposeful therapeutic support to individuals across Longreach and surrounding communities.

About the Role
This permanent full-time opportunity is based in Longreach, offering the opportunity to establish yourself in a welcoming community while delivering meaningful mental health care where it is needed most.
Our Mental Health Clinicians deliver person centred one-to-one therapy and manage a consistent clinical caseload through a combination of face-to-face and telehealth appointments.
Working within the RFDS Outback Mental Health and Wellbeing service, you will support clients referred into the program while contributing to improved mental health outcomes across Central West Queensland.

Our Role
In this position, you will:

• Deliver evidence-based therapeutic interventions to individuals.
• Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments and treatment planning.
• Manage a referral-based caseload through face-to-face and telehealth appointments.
• Complete accurate clinical documentation, reporting and billing activities.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams and referral stakeholders.
• Provide occasional outreach support to nearby communities when required.

The role operates Monday to Friday and is primarily based in Longreach, with occasional travel to nearby regional communities.

Who Are We Looking For?
We are seeking a capable and independent clinician who enjoys developing therapeutic relationships and managing a structured clinical workload.
To be successful, you will have:

• Qualifications in Psychology, Social Work (Mental Health Accredited/Accredited Mental Health Social Worker), Occupational Therapy or Mental Health Nursing.
• Current registration with AHPRA or membership with the AASW.
• A minimum of approximately three years' post-graduate clinical experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering evidence-based psychological interventions.
• Strong assessment, case management and documentation skills.
• Confidence managing a caseload with a high level of autonomy.
• Ability to work effectively within referral pathways and contractual service requirements.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Willingness to relocate to Longreach and undertake occasional regional travel.

Why Join RFDS?
Benefits include:

• Attractive remuneration package plus superannuation. Remuneration is based on your years of experience in a clinical setting.
• Rent/ Mortgage Assistance of $305 per week (That’s nearly $15,000 per year!!).
• Gratuity and Remote Area Payment after 12 months of $4,072 + $4,688
• Additional regional and remote benefits, including housing and travel assistance
• Salary packaging of up to $18,500 annually.
• Relocation assistance of $7000.
• Temporary accommodation support upon commencement.
• Professional development and study leave opportunities.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Private health insurance discounts.
• Novated leasing options.
• Fitness Passport membership.
• RemServ Rewards program.
• Supportive and collaborative multidisciplinary team environment.

Why Longreach?
Longreach offers a unique blend of professional fulfilment and country lifestyle. Enjoy a welcoming community, affordable regional living, short commutes and the opportunity to make a genuine impact where mental health services are needed most. With stunning outback landscapes, strong community connections and relocation support available, Longreach is the perfect place to build both your career and your lifestyle.

RFDS Longreach
For more than 20 years, RFDS has been supporting the mental health and wellbeing of people across Longreach and surrounding communities. Operating from our Longreach hub, our experienced multidisciplinary team delivers high-quality mental health care, including psychological therapies, counselling and wellbeing support, helping ensure rural and remote Queenslanders can access care close to home.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (Queensland Section) acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Peoples of Australia and the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work and serve. RFDS is committed to eliminating all forms of discrimination in the provision of healthcare and embraces diversity. We welcome people of all backgrounds, regardless of faith, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

RFDS is committed to protecting and promoting the human and legal rights of all people, including children, young people, and adults. In upholding the Universal Principle, RFDS is dedicated to creating an organisational environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families feel welcome, safe, valued, included, and respected.

Interested?
Applications close on the 30th of October, but shortlisting may begin earlier so don’t delay!
For further information, please contact: Donna Ross, Manager – Central West and Outback Mental Health, dross@rfdsqld.com.au, or our Talent Acquisition team: recruitment@rfdsqld.com.au / (07) 3852 7553.
Please note:

• Candidates must hold a current, unrestricted Australian driver’s licence.
• Non-AHPRA-registered professionals must obtain a Blue Card and undergo a criminal history check.
• Proof of qualifications and immunisations/vaccinations is required before appointment.