• FIFO from Cairns with flights and accom­mo­da­tion provided
• Work­ing ros­ter of 12 days on and 9 days off
• Relo­ca­tion offered to Cairns

Descrip­tion

Are you look­ing for a role that offers the auton­o­my and free­dom to make it your own?

The Roy­al Fly­ing Doc­tor Ser­vice (Queens­land Sec­tion) (RFDS) is seek­ing an expe­ri­enced Senior Men­tal Health Clin­i­cian to join our Child and Par­ent­ing Sup­port Ser­vice. In this role, you’ll have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to sup­port chil­dren and fam­i­lies in a way that aligns with their unique needs and your pro­fes­sion­al exper­tise.

The Child and Par­ent­ing Sup­port Ser­vice pro­vides spe­cialised men­tal health sup­port to chil­dren, par­ents, and car­ers in Nor­man­ton, Croy­don, and Karum­ba. In this role, you will deliv­er 1:1 clin­i­cal coun­selling, includ­ing play-based ther­a­py for young peo­ple and their par­ents, address­ing chal­lenges such as stress, grief, and trau­ma. You’ll also pro­vide psy­cho-edu­ca­tion­al ses­sions for school staff to bet­ter sup­port chil­dren deal­ing with anx­i­ety and oth­er learn­ing dif­fi­cul­ties. As the sole RFDS clin­i­cian in the com­mu­ni­ty, you will play a vital role in pro­mot­ing well­be­ing, col­lab­o­rat­ing with oth­er providers to ensure com­pre­hen­sive care, and build­ing strong part­ner­ships to enhance the qual­i­ty of ser­vice deliv­ery.

The role

• Full-time, per­ma­nent role
• FIFO role based in Nor­man­ton
• FIFO from Cairns with flights and accom­mo­da­tion provided
• Work­ing ros­ter of 12 days on and 9 days off
• Relo­ca­tion offered to Cairns

RFDS Senior Men­tal Health Clin­i­cians have:

• Reg­is­tra­tion with AHPRA or mem­ber­ship of the AASW
• A qual­i­fi­ca­tion in Psy­chol­o­gy, Social Work (Accred­it­ed with AASW), Occu­pa­tion­al Ther­a­py or Men­tal Health Nurs­ing (Suit­able for Men­tal Health credentialing)
• Post-grad­u­ate expe­ri­ence of at least 5 years in a rel­e­vant clin­i­cal field
• Demon­strat­ed expe­ri­ence in brief inter­ven­tions, ther­a­peu­tic coun­selling, case man­age­ment, and men­tal health edu­ca­tion with chil­dren and young people
• An under­stand­ing of issues impact­ing Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander health and wellbeing
• The abil­i­ty to work autonomously
• Con­fi­dence to apply exper­tise and use cre­ativ­i­ty and inno­va­tion in ther­a­peu­tic services

Join the Far North Men­tal Health and Well­be­ing Ser­vice

At RFDS, we’re pas­sion­ate about the com­mu­ni­ties we serve and take great pride in mak­ing a pos­i­tive dif­fer­ence in their lives. We work along­side peo­ple from all cul­tures in remote areas of Far North Queens­land, and it’s tru­ly reward­ing to pro­vide sup­port that’s tai­lored to each person’s unique needs. This role offers a chance to make a mean­ing­ful impact, and it takes resilience and a strong desire to give back to the com­mu­ni­ty. In return for your com­mit­ment, we offer:

• Attrac­tive remu­ner­a­tion up to $121 468 + Super
• Salary pack­ag­ing of $18,500, increas­ing your take-home pay 
• Allowances approx. $130 per day (depend­ing on the depar­ture and arrival times)
• Addi­tion­al Edu­ca­tion Allowances for master’s and PhD qualifications
• Relo­ca­tion Allowances
• Train­ing and devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties with paid study leave
• Employ­ee Assis­tance Pro­gram- advice for staff and their fam­i­lies (sup­port, nutri­tion & financial)
• Novat­ed leas­ing options
• Pri­vate health insur­ance discounts

About the RFDS (Queens­land Sec­tion)

The RFDS (Queens­land Sec­tion) is a trust­ed aeromed­ical provider that offers aeromed­ical retrieval ser­vices and pri­ma­ry and pre­ven­ta­tive health­care to region­al, rur­al and remote Queens­lan­ders. We take pride in deliv­er­ing the finest care to the fur­thest cor­ner.

Our men­tal health ser­vice is the largest among all the RFDS sec­tions across Aus­tralia, deliv­er­ing over 12,100 men­tal health con­sul­ta­tions annu­al­ly. The Men­tal Health and Well­be­ing Ser­vice com­pris­es sev­er­al spe­cialised teams that pro­vide psy­cho­log­i­cal ther­a­pies and tai­lored pro­grams for rur­al and remote Queens­lan­ders. We are com­mit­ted to pro­vid­ing the best pos­si­ble men­tal health care to those who need it the most.

Inter­est­ed?

If you would like any fur­ther infor­ma­tion, please con­tact Tal­ent Acqui­si­tion at recruitment@​rfdsqld.​com.​au or call 07 3852 7553. Alter­na­tive­ly, please con­tact the Man­ag­er of Far North Men­tal Health and Well­be­ing Ser­vice- Jos Mid­dle­ton at 0409 154 477 or JMiddleton@​rfdsqld.​com.​au.

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Can­di­dates are required to hold a cur­rent, unre­strict­ed Aus­tralian dri­ver’s licence. Before the appoint­ment, you will be required to pro­vide cer­ti­fied copies of qualifications/​registrations and evi­dence of immu­ni­ty or vac­ci­na­tion against vac­cine-pre­ventable dis­eases. You will also be required to com­plete the RFDS cre­den­tial­ing process.

Please note- non-AHPRA reg­is­tered pro­fes­sion­als will need to obtain a blue card and under­take a crim­i­nal his­to­ry check dur­ing the recruit­ment process.

The Roy­al Fly­ing Doc­tor Ser­vice acknowl­edges the Aus­tralian Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander peo­ples as the first inhab­i­tants of the nation and the Tra­di­tion­al Cus­to­di­ans of the land. The RFDS is com­mit­ted to elim­i­nat­ing all forms of dis­crim­i­na­tion in the pro­vi­sion of health­care. We embrace diver­si­ty and wel­come all peo­ple irre­spec­tive of faith, eth­nic­i­ty, sex­u­al ori­en­ta­tion or gen­der iden­ti­ty.

The clos­ing date to apply for this posi­tion is the 2^nd August 2025; how­ev­er, short­list­ing and screen­ing may begin before this date, so don’t hes­i­tate to apply!