20 Senior Clinician jobs in Australia

Mental Health Clinician (Locum) - Remote SA

Competitive rates + travel | Accommodation provided

Make a difference in rural South Australia with outreach and inpatient care. Use your SA Health experience to support communities through varying locum contracts.

Work across:

• Community Mental Health: Outreach, case management, and recovery support
• Acute Inpatient: Crisis care and treatment planning
• Child & Youth Services: Early intervention and therapeutic support

• Tertiary qualification in Psychology or Social Work
• Current AASW or relevant registration
• Experience with SA Health
• Driver's licence (essential)
• Police Check & Australian working rights

• Flexible contracts
• Competitive rates+ super + paid travel
• Accommodation and support provided

Looking for a rewarding role that challenges and supports you?

Step into a locum position that makes a real difference in rural communities.

Apply now OR email me directly:

Or call Lauren Sludds on 0483 935 171 for a confidential chat.

12-week Mental Health Clinician contract available in beautiful Coffs Harbour!


cmr - Cornerstone Medical Recruitment has partnered with a reputable healthcare provider seeking an experienced Mental Health Clinician to join the Acute Care Team, providing support to a diverse client base, located in the Coffs Harbour area.


What's on offer?

• Provide clinical care for acute mental health presentations
• 40-hour work week, working with a team of 10 other clinicians.
• Generous rates based on experience.
• Warm, supportive leadership and culture.
• Private Accommodation provided.
• Travel allowance within NSW provided.

Who we're looking for:

• Degree in Social Work or suitable field.
• 3+ years' experience in acute care is highly desirable.
• APHRA registration or Eligibility/accreditation with AASW
• Excellent team and communication skills.

Ready for your next adventure?

Apply now or contact Luke Thomas on 0482 081 445 or email for a confidential chat.

Location: Western Sydney (Mount Druitt, Penrith & Parramatta + community outreach)
Type: Full-Time, Permanent | Monday–Sunday shift roster
Salary: HPA Level 2 (commensurate with experience) + Salary Packaging (reduce your taxable income)
Shift Loadings: 15% evening, 50% weekend | On-call (3–4/year) with additional pay

Uniting is looking for an experienced Clinician to join the Mobile Assessment & Treatment Team (MATT) within the headspace Early Psychosis program. This role supports young people aged 12–25 who are at risk of or experiencing a first episode of psychosis.

• Deliver flexible, responsive mental health support in the community
• Conduct biopsychosocial assessments and short-term interventions
• Identify early signs of psychosis and provide proactive care
• Collaborate closely with doctors, social workers, psychologists and nurses
• Rotate across Mount Druitt, Penrith, Parramatta , and surrounding areas
• Participate in a shift-work roster with evening/weekend loadings
• Provide occasional on-call support (approx. 3–4 times/year)

What You’ll Need:

Why Join Uniting?

• Salary Packaging – take home more by paying less tax
li> Flexible work options including some work from home

Youth Access Team Clinician – headspace Katoomba

Be part of something meaningful – support young people on their mental health journey

headspace Katoomba | Youth Mental Health Centre & Services

About the Role

We are seeking a Youth Access Team Clinician to join our welcoming and passionate team at headspace Katoomba.

As a first point of contact for many young people and their families, you will play a pivotal role in building rapport, conducting intake and assessments, and coordinating care to support each young person's recovery journey.

You will:

• Conduct intake and psychosocial assessments, including complex risk evaluations
• Develop collaborative care plans aligned with a young person’s identified goals
• Provide brief interventions and link clients to appropriate services
• Work in close partnership with GPs, allied health clinicians, and support workers
• Foster collaborative relationships with external community and youth service providers

You are passionate about youth mental health and eager to make a real impact. You thrive in a multidisciplinary team and value evidence-based, recovery-focused care.

Essential Criteria:

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing
• Registration with AHPRA or eligibility for AASW membership
• Clinical experience in a mental health setting (including placements or volunteer work such as Lifeline)
• Strong assessment and triage skills, with a focus on mental health presentations
• Experience delivering evidence-based interventions
• Ability to develop person-centred care plans with a biopsychosocial focus

What We Offer

Salary Packaging – increase your take-home pay
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Ongoing training – cultural awareness, clinical skills, and more

The Clinician role involves the provision of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical case management, psychological and psychosocial interventions to young people accessing the service. The role is an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team consisting of psychologist, RN, OT, Mental Health Social worker and support staff.

• Psychologist or Mental Health Social Worker or Registered Nurse or Occupational Therapist
• HPA Level 2 + Super + Generous salary packaging benefits
• Full time max-term contract until June 2026; in Oatlands - with 1-day WFH

Youth Enhanced Support Service (YESS) of Uniting provides early intervention and wrap-around mental health services to young people with the aim of minimising the impact and distress caused by the experience of early onset severe or complex mental health conditions to young people and their families.

About You

The YESS Clinician duties include:

• Provide evidence-based psychological and psychosocial interventions tailored to meet the individual needs of young people within a Recovery Framework.
• Provide mental health assessments, including completion of mental state examination, risk assessment, case formulations and individual treatment planning.
• Develop, implement and evaluate appropriate treatment plans for each young person in collaboration with young people, families and members of the multidisciplinary team

Position Criteria:

• Approved tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Psychology or Social Work with full registration with AHPRA or eligible for membership with the AASW.
• Minimum 1-3 years’ experience of clinical practice field (excluding placements) within the mental health providing high quality triage, assessment and evidence based psychological interventions where required.
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan and coordinate a comprehensive bio-psychosocial approach and interventions to meet the needs of clients.
• Ability and willingness to maintain documentation of clinical care and actively contribute to clinical review processes and planning for clients within a recovery framework.
• Demonstrated a commitment or willingness to continue professional development, contribute to workplace education through clinical supervision, training and education through the provision of seminars, lectures or in-services.
• Current NSW Driver’s License

To Apply, click the Apply button & attach your Resume and Cover Letter addressing the Position criteria.

Benefits & culture

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply.

• Salary packaging entitlements (pay less tax), company rewards
• Ongoing training & development, including cultural awareness training
• Career progression &development opportunities in a large organization
• U Rewards & Fitness passport
• Walking distance from Bus Stop
• Access to board approved supervision

Enquiries to Talent Acquisition Specialist Pallavi Bhatia

Advert Closing : 11:55pm; Sunday 6th July 2025

About Uniting: When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them. We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

• This position is for an immediate start
• A minimum 4 weeks and up to 12 week agency contracts available
• Up to $60.46/hr (based on RN 1.8) + Shift Penalties + 11.5% Superannuation
• PLUS BONUS !
• These roles are part of the Mental Health Acute Care Service and function within the Emergency Department
• Fully furnished accommodation provided
• Return travel provided
• You will have full agency support throughout the contract
• $000 Bonus Offer Available! *Conditions Apply, see below*

• Be currently registered with AHPRA
• Bachelor qualification of Nursing or Psychology
• Must have experience working with acutely unwell patients and experienced conducting face to face mental health assessments, assessing risk and formulating recommendations for care plans
• ACS or MHEC experience essential
• Must have full Australian working rights (i.e., Australian Citizenship, Permanent Residency, a valid Working Visa, or New Zealand Citizenship)

Join a team that’s redefining youth mental health!

About the role

• Be part of our Continuing Care Team as a Clinician
• Full-time (76 hours per fortnight), part-time will be considered
• Based at headspace Canberra
• HPA Level 2 (commensurate with experience) plus salary packaging and other benefits

About the program

headspace Early Psychosis is a nationally recognised leader in youth mental health. Our service operates under the Orygen EPPIC model, ensuring young people receive high-quality and evidence-based early intervention.

Our program is structured into three core teams, working together to support young people at different stages of their recovery journey:

• Mobile Assessment and Treatment Team (MATT)
• Continuing Care Team (CCT)
• Functional Recovery Team (FRT)

As a Clinician in the Continuing Care Team, you will provide holistic and wrap-around support to young people who have experienced their first episode of early psychosis. You will be allocated individual young people to offer long-term care, helping them access necessary medical, psychological, and social supports.

At headspace Early Psychosis , we invest in our team through extensive training and professional development in the early psychosis model and therapeutic interventions. You’ll work within a shared-care model, meaning you’ll have a dedicated caseload while benefiting from a highly collaborative team environment that ensures comprehensive support for every young person.

About you in the role

• Provide ongoing clinical care to young people, focusing on early intervention and reducing the duration of untreated psychosis.
• Support young people in setting and achieving recovery goals, including symptom and stress management.
• Address co-occurring challenges through tailored planning and interventions.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and complete administrative tasks.
• Participate in weekly team and clinical review meetings, monthly business meetings, and bi-monthly team gatherings.
• Engage in regular clinical supervision.

About you

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:
Approved tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline and provisional or full AHPRA registration (or registration with an appropriate professional body).
Experience in youth mental health or early psychosis (highly desirable).
Flexibility to work on-site at headspace Canberra and some community-based work.
A passion for providing person-centred, recovery-focused care to young people.

At Uniting, we celebrate diversity and welcome all people, regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds to apply.

Salary packaging entitlements (pay less tax and increase your take-home pay)
Ongoing training and development
The opportunity to make a real difference in young people’s lives
A collaborative and supportive team environment

If you're passionate about transforming youth mental health care , we’d love to hear from you!

Employment with Uniting is subject to satisfactory background checks , including a National Police Check, Working with Children Check, and Reference Checks .

About Uniting: When you’re part of Uniting NSW.ACT, you’re part of a diverse, purpose-led team of people who are really making a difference to the world around them. We contribute to the work and mission of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT through social justice advocacy, community services and spiritual care. We provide care and support for people through all ages and stages of life, with a focus on people experiencing disadvantage and vulnerability. Our purpose is to inspire people, enliven communities and confront injustice.

Uniting leaders and employees work together to create a culture that is safe, inclusive and person-centred. We bring this to life every day through our values: compassionate, respectful, imaginative and bold.

Uniting acknowledges the continuing sovereignty and rich cultural diversity of Australia’s First Peoples. We pay our respects to all Elders – past, present, and emerging – and to all First Peoples on whose lands we live and work. Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.

Youth Access Team Clinician – headspace Penrith

Be part of something meaningful – support young people on their mental health journey

headspace Penrith | Youth Mental Health Centre & Services

About the Role

We are seeking a Youth Access Team Clinician to join our welcoming and passionate team at headspace Penrith.

As a first point of contact for many young people and their families, you will play a pivotal role in building rapport, conducting intake and assessments, and coordinating care to support each young person's recovery journey.

You will:

• Conduct intake and psychosocial assessments, including complex risk evaluations
• Develop collaborative care plans aligned with a young person’s identified goals
li>Provide brief interventions and link clients to appropriate services
• Work in close partnership with GPs, allied health clinicians, and support workers
• Foster collaborative relationships with external community and youth service providers

About You

You are passionate about youth mental health and eager to make a real impact. You thrive in a multidisciplinary team and value evidence-based, recovery-focused care.

Essential Criteria:

• Tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing
• Registration with AHPRA or eligibility for AASW membership
• Clinical experience in a mental health setting (including placements or volunteer work such as Lifeline)
• Strong assessment and triage skills, with a focus on mental health presentations
• Experience delivering evidence-based interventions
• Ability to develop person-centred care plans with a biopsychosocial focus

What We Offer

Salary Packaging – increase your take-home pay
️ ️ Fitness Passport – support your wellbeing
U Rewards – exclusive discounts from leading retailers
Ongoing training – cultural awareness, clinical skills, and more

Location: Hunter New England region ( Narrabri, Moree )
Permanent Part-Time (Max-Term until June 2026) – 7 days per fortnight | 1 WFH day/week
Program: C2BME
HPA Level 3 + Salary Packaging (reduce your taxable income)

The “Continuing to be Me” (C2bMe) program of Uniting is a comprehensive in reach person centred model of care designed to enable residents living within aged care facilities with mental concerns to access mental health services like those available in the community.

Role Overview:

This role is responsible for independent provision of comprehensive, evidence-based clinical care coordination, psychological and psychosocial interventions consistent with the model of care. The Senior Clinician will be responsible for individual, they will support consumers in their psychosocial recovery aiming to optimise functioning of RACHs residents to continue living with dignity.

Essential Criteria

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Psychology, Social Work, Registered Nursing or Counsellor. Registration with AHPRA or ACA or PACFA or AASW.
• Minimum 2 -3 years demonstrated and clinical experience (excluding clinical placements) within the mental health field. Ideally with experience working with consumers experiencing mental health concerns
• Demonstrated ability to independently apply professional knowledge and judgment when performing assessments and therapeutic interventions
• Experience delivering contemporary, evidence-based practices and therapeutic interventions
• An understanding of recovery model principles and ability to implement these in clinical practice
• Ability to effectively engage consumers and their families, as well as other stakeholders, including the ability to be creative and flexible
• Demonstrated ability to collaboratively plan and deliver individualized psychological interventions to meet the needs of consumers based on a case formulation approach

• Experience in using Electronic Medical Records (EMR’s)

• Experience working with older people aged 65 and over”

As an organisation we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people regardless of ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation and gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people from a diverse cultural background are encouraged to apply.

Salary Packaging – increase your take-home pay (pay less tax), company rewards

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