Job Description
Senior Clinician - headspace Early Psychosis
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Senior Clinician, Mobile Assessment and Treatment Team (MATT)
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Join a team redefining youth mental health
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The role
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Full time 76 hours per fortnight, part time considered
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Based at headspace Canberra in Lyneham
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HPA Level 3 ($***** to $***** per hour) + Super
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Not-for-profit salary packaging benefits upto $18,500pa
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Provide senior clinical leadership within a clearly defined structure. You set clinical standards, lift practice, and guide complex decisions within a shared team caseload model.
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What you will do
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Deliver advanced assessment, formulation and intervention for complex and acute presentations, including crisis response and home-based community treatment
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Lead intake and triage, complete biopsychosocial, mental state and risk assessments, and drive timely clinical decision making for higher acuity presentations
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Coordinate assertive outreach for new referrals and urgent presentations
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Provide assertive in reach to inpatient units to support early discharge and smooth transition to community care
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Liaise with emergency departments, inpatient teams, GPs, schools and community services
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Offer day to day clinical guidance, supervision and mentoring, and model best practice documentation and data quality
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Contribute to clinical governance including clinical review, incident response, workflow improvement and quality projects
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Maintain accurate EMR records and ensure timely collection of outcomes data
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About the program
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headspace Early Psychosis follows the Orygen EPPIC model and delivers coordinated care through
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Mobile Assessment and Treatment Team (MATT)
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Continuing Care Team (CCT)
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Functional Recovery Team (FRT)
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In MATT you will work in a collaborative environment with structured supervision, regular multidisciplinary discussion and opportunities to shape service improvement.
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About you
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Approved tertiary qualifications and professional registration as one of
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Registered Nurse with AHPRA
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Occupational Therapist with AHPRA
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Psychologist with AHPRA
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Social Worker with eligibility for AASW membership
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Three or more years of mental health experience, ideally including youth early psychosis and co-occurring alcohol and other drug concerns
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Proven ability to supervise and mentor and to influence practice toward consistent, high-quality care
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Strong engagement skills with young people and families, culturally protected practice, and capacity for flexible outreach
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Sound knowledge of ACT mental health and child safety legislation and commitment to ongoing professional development
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Flexibility to work primarily on site with some community-based work and to participate in a rotating roster if required by service needs
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Why Uniting
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Salary packaging that lifts take home pay
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4 Me Days – extra paid leave each year (pro rata) to rest, recharge, and focus on what matters most
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4 CPD Days per calendar year (pro-rata Part time employees)
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Ongoing training and development, including cultural awareness training
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Real scope to make a difference for young people and families
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A collaborative and supportive team culture grounded in the values Compassionate, Respectful, Imaginative and Bold
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Uniting is a Child Safe Organisation committed to promoting the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of children and young people.
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Empowered by diversityAt Uniting, inclusion isn't just something we value – it's how we work. Our culture and practice reflect the vibrant diversity of our colleagues, and the clients and communities we serve.
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📌 Senior Clinician - Headspace Early Psychosis (Canberra)
🏢 Uniting NSW & ACT
📍 Canberra