Job Description
**Your Role as Health Liaison Officer – Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team**The Health Liaison Officer plays a key role in connecting Wesley Mission Queensland's Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team with general practice and primary care providers.
Working within a multidisciplinary team, this role builds robust stakeholder relationships, supports referral pathways and shared care arrangements, and helps ensure coordinated, person-centred care across the community.
Based at a WMQ site, the role actively engages with stakeholders in community and primary care settings.
Key responsibilities of this role include:* Building and maintaining effective referral pathways and shared care arrangements with general practitioners, practice managers and primary care stakeholders.
* Developing and sustaining strong relationships with general practices, primary care networks and community partners to support service access and integration.
* Promoting the Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team program and act as a key liaison between WMQ and external stakeholders.
* Supporting coordinated, person-centred care by facilitating communication and collaboration across multidisciplinary and primary care teams.
* Assisting with care coordination activities to ensure smooth transitions between the program and a participant's broader care network.
* Identifying opportunities to strengthen stakeholder engagement, service accessibility and referral outcomes.
* Representing WMQ within the community, engaging stakeholders in their own settings to build awareness, partnerships and service connections.




**What We Offer*** **Salary Packaging:** Package up to $15,900 each year on everyday living expenses and up to $2,650 on meals and entertainment reducing your taxable income and giving you more in your pocket.
* **Career Advancement Opportunities**: We provide ample career advancement opportunities at WMQ, offering diverse pathways for growth and professional development.
* **Wellbeing Support:** Access to discounts on private health insurance and gym memberships, and free, confidential counselling through our employee assistance program.
**What We're Looking For*** Relevant tertiary qualification in Public Health, Community Development, Social Work, Human Services, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
* Experience building stakeholder relationships and referral pathways within primary care, healthcare, or community services.
* Strong community engagement, partnership development, or advocacy experience.
* Ability to deliver presentations and communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
* Understanding of and commitment to working with diverse communities, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, CALD, Pasifika and LGBTQIA+ communities.
**A Valuable Addition, Yet Not a Must-Have!
*** Knowledge of existing networks within general practice or primary care in the Brisbane South region.
* Experience working within a multidisciplinary mental health team.
* Knowledge of the Initial Assessment and Referral Decision Support Tool (IAR-DST).
* Experience developing engagement strategies, collateral or communications for healthprograms.
**EssentialRequirements*** Proof of COVID-19 vaccination status (or as required by legislation and WMQ policy)* Relevant probity checks required by legislation and WMQ Limited policy.
* Current Driver's Licence and willingness to travel for work

📌 Health Liaison Officer - Mental Health Multidisciplinary Team (South Australia)
🏢 Wesley Mission Queensland
📍 South Australia