Mental Health Clinician – Eating Disorders – headspace

Northern Territory PHN; Darwin; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglicare NT seeks a compassionate clinician to support young people with emerging or established eating disorders through headspace services. You will provide evidence-based treatment, family-focused support and integrated care alongside Royal Darwin Hospital and GPs, working with a multidisciplinary team to help young people access timely services.

You will deliver assessments, care planning and crisis support while engaging families and ensuring culturally safe care for Aboriginal youth.

Qualifications

• Approved tertiary qualification in a health-related discipline.
• Registration or membership with relevant body (e.g. AHPRA or AASW).
• Experience delivering evidence-based treatment for eating disorders or strong mental health and care coordination skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical assessments, evidence-based treatment and care coordination for young people with eating disorders.
• Provide family-based therapeutic interventions and involve families in care planning where appropriate.
• Collaborate with hospitals, GPs and multidisciplinary providers to coordinate medical, psychological, nutritional and functional support.
• Provide secondary consultations to headspace clinicians and other service providers on evidence-based eating disorder treatment.
• Deliver mental health interventions including crisis support, case formulation, psychoeducation and short-term treatment.
• Contribute to supervision, quality improvement, service development and mental health research.
• Help create a supportive, youth-friendly environment that promotes hope and recovery.

Skills

Care coordination

Mental health

Crisis intervention

Family-based therapy

Collaborative teamwork

Education

Tertiary qualification in health-related discipline

Registration or membership (AHPRA/AASW)

Job description

• Make an impact: Support young people and families experiencing eating disorders and complex mental health challenges.
• Collaborative care: Work alongside Royal Darwin Hospital's Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder Service and a multidisciplinary team.
• Career development: Strengthen your clinical expertise through evidence-based practice, supervision and ongoing learning.

Support young people to thrive!

Anglicare NT is seeking a passionate and skilled clinician to support young people experiencing emerging or established eating disorders, or severe disordered eating, through its headspace services.

This is an opportunity to make a real difference by providing evidence-based treatment, family-focused therapeutic support and coordinated care to young people and their families. You'll work closely with Royal Darwin Hospital, GPs and other service providers to ensure young people receive timely, appropriate and integrated support.

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver clinical assessments, evidence-based treatment and care coordination for young people experiencing eating disorders.
• Provide family-based therapeutic interventions and involve families in care planning where appropriate.
• Collaborate with hospital services, GPs and multidisciplinary providers to coordinate medical, psychological, nutritional and functional support.
• Provide secondary consultations to headspace clinicians and other service providers on evidence-based eating disorder treatment.
• Deliver mental health interventions, including crisis support, case formulation, psychoeducation and short-term treatment.
• Contribute to clinical supervision, quality improvement, service development and mental health research.
• Help create a supportive, youth-friendly environment that promotes hope, recovery and positive outcomes.

About you:

You'll be a compassionate and motivated clinician with strong mental health and care coordination skills, a commitment to young people's wellbeing and the ability to work collaboratively with families and service providers.

To be successful, you'll have:

• An approved tertiary qualification in a health-related discipline, at least one year's relevant experience and appropriate professional registration or membership, such as AHPRA or AASW.
• Experience delivering evidence-based treatment for eating disorders, or strong mental health clinical and care coordination skills with a willingness to undertake specialist training.
• Experience in mental health assessment, crisis intervention, case formulation, psychoeducation and short-term interventions.
• A genuine commitment to improving the social and emotional wellbeing of young Aboriginal people.
• Strong communication, relationship-building and collaboration skills.
• Knowledge of relevant mental health services, legislation and policies affecting young people.