Senior headspace Clinician

FocusOne Health; Berri; On-site; AUD 94,000 - 110,000; Full time

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Job summary

FocusOne Health offers a senior clinical role within headspace Berri, delivering evidence-based interventions for 12–25 year-olds and their families. The clinician will work across individual counselling, group programs, and coordinated care with a multidisciplinary team, while mentoring junior staff and modelling best practice.

The role emphasizes leadership, clinical governance, and ongoing professional development, including accreditation support and a collaborative, recovery-oriented

Qualifications

• Senior clinician with depth of practice and senior-level capability.
• Experience in assessment, engagement, treatment planning and risk formulation.
• Mentoring and guiding early-career clinicians to develop high-quality practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual counselling, brief intervention and group programs.
• Coordinate care within the headspace multidisciplinary team.
• Support, guide and mentor less experienced clinicians.
• Contribute to reflective and collaborative clinical culture.

Skills

Senior clinician

Therapeutic interventions

Clinical assessment

Mentoring

Risk formulation

Engagement

Treatment planning

Education

Social Work

Occupational Therapy

Psychology

Mental Health Nursing

Registered Nursing

Counselling

Job description

(Pro-Rata + Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Packaging)

job vacancy

Eligibility:
To be employed as an RN-1, a Registered Nurse must hold a current registration with AHPRA and maintain or be eligible for accreditation as a Mental Health Nurse

*FOH has available a Recruitment Pack to support engagement of intern/provisionally credentialed mental health nurses working towards credentialing. Please contact FocusOne Health for this recruitment pack.

To be employed as an AHP-1 the incumbent must hold an appropriate qualification from a recognised tertiary institution (e.g. social work, psychology, occupational therapy) giving eligibility for membership with either AHPRA or the relevant professional association where appropriate.

Working Location:
Berri, South Australia

Classification:
AHP Level 2/Registered Nurse Level 2

Job Status:
Up to 1 FTE

Salary:
AHP Level 2 $98566 - $109808

Registered Nurse Level 2 $ 94336 - $105961

(Pro-Rata + Superannuation + Leave Loading + Salary Packaging)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced senior headspace clinician who can provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions to young people aged 12–25 years, their families and supports.

This role requires a clinician who brings depth of practice, sound clinical judgement and confidence working at a senior level. The successful candidate will demonstrate advanced capability in assessment, engagement, treatment planning, risk formulation and therapeutic support within a youth-friendly, strengths-based and recovery-oriented framework. In addition to providing direct clinical care, the role will contribute to the development of clinical capability across the headspace team by supporting, guiding and mentoring early-career clinicians, modelling high-quality practice and contributing to a reflective, safe and collaborative clinical culture.

The role will support young people presenting with moderate mental health concerns, and at times more complex needs, through individual counselling, brief intervention, group-based programs and coordinated care in collaboration with the broader headspace multidisciplinary team.

Candidates with relevant qualifications in Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Mental Health Nursing, Registered Nursing, Counselling or other recognised mental health disciplines are encouraged to apply. Demonstrated experience working at a senior clinical level, including the ability to provide informal clinical leadership, consultation and support to less experienced clinicians, will be essential.

headspace, and FocusOne Health as our lead agency, offers a supportive environment, working with a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals and organisational specialists, to support your professional development. Access to significant Professional Development opportunities are available, including support to obtain accreditation for your profession (where eligible).

We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The successful applicant will be remunerated in accordance with FocusOne Health’s Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) dependent on skills, experience, and qualifications. We offer flexible terms and conditions and attractive salary packaging arrangements. For more information about salary packaging, p lease visit Discover salary packaging - Community Business Bureau ( cbb.com.au ).

Comprehensive onboarding and induction to the role will be provided to the successful applicant.

We reserve the right to appoint to the role prior to the application closure date.

Further information can be obtained by contacting headspace Berri Centre Manager at FocusOne Health on (08) 85824 422.

FocusOne Health strongly encourages its employees to be fully vaccinated to protect their health and that of our clients and their family and friends.