Mental Health Response Lead - The University of Queensland
Employment status: Full-time, fixed term position until March 2027; $117,958 to $132,247; 17% super; St Lucia campus
As the Mental Health Response Lead, you'll play a key role in improving access to mental health services and supporting recovery, relapse prevention, and overall student wellbeing. Your focus will be on young adults from culturally diverse backgrounds, providing impactful, evidence-based care that truly makes a difference.
You will lead and enhance mental health intake processes, conduct new client assessments for UQ students, and empower student-facing staff across UQ with essential pastoral care skills.
Key responsibilities
- Conduct mental health intake and triage, assessing risk and referral options.
- Provide evidence-based clinical care and coordinate with relevant staff and families.
- Support and upskill student-facing staff to ensure continuity of care.
- Encourage student engagement with campus wellbeing initiatives and social networks.
About You
- You hold a tertiary qualification in an allied health discipline and are currently registered with AHPRA (or an equivalent professional body), with a strong understanding of Queensland and national mental health legislation.
- Bring a minimum of two years' post-qualification experience delivering mental health care, including experience in acute inpatient and/or community-based settings.
- Have proven experience in client assessment and case management, with the ability to exercise sound clinical judgement in dynamic, high-risk and time-sensitive situations.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills and the ability to engage effectively with clients from diverse backgrounds, working collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.
- You are committed to ongoing professional development, reflective practice and evidence-based service delivery, with strong attention to accurate clinical documentation and continuous improvement.
Applications close: Monday 16 March 2026
