Step into a crucial role as a Mental Health Clinician within our North Queensland Suicide Prevention Response Service (NQ SPR), where you'll make a significant impact by providing high-quality, evidence-based interventions to individuals at elevated risk of suicide.This position offers you the opportunity to work in a rapidly evolving service designed to deliver timely support, avoiding acute service transfers, and providing a safety net across Townsville, Mackay, and Cairns.Benefits to you: Besides shaping an innovative mental health service with dedicated staff and supportive leaders fostering a strong team culture, you'll enjoy competitive pay and a work environment that prioritises professional growth, skill-building, and staff well-being.Additional benefits include: Joining a newly formed positive, inclusive, values-focussed team.Opportunity to salary package up to $15,900 of tax-free income.Access to an Employee Assistance Program.Rewards program that offers discounts on hundreds of household brands.Access to appropriate and supportive clinical supervision.Competitive compensation to align with clinical skillset.What you'll do on a day to day basis: Deliver evidence-based interventions like CBT-SP and DBT, and utilise suicide prevention frameworks including Safeside, CAMS, and Suicide to HOPE.Perform risk assessments and develop practical, effective risk management plans.Provide rapid response to referrals from NQ stepped care service providers, acting as a care team partner to support both the consumer and professional partners.Enhance workforce capacity by upskilling other mental health professionals across the stepped care system in suicide prevention strategies.Build strong stakeholder relationships with healthcare providers, Hospital and Health Services, and other relevant organisations to develop robust referral pathways and service integration.About You: Are you a professional, innovative clinician who thrives in a multi-disciplinary team environment?Do you have experience in clinical risk assessment, safety planning, and delivering evidence-based mental health interventions?We're looking for someone who: Holds a tertiary qualification in Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or Mental Health Nursing, with relevant professional registration (e.g., AHPRA, AASW).Has expertise in assessing, diagnosing, and treating mental health disorders, particularly within suicide prevention frameworks.Is committed to fostering inclusive, culturally sensitive care, especially for First Nations People and priority populations.If this sounds like you this is what you will need to get started: Current Driver Licence.Current Working with Children Check (Blue Card) or ability to hold one.Undergo a current and satisfactory Police Check.About Open Minds Integrated Mental Health Services Open Minds has been a leading provider of mental health services to local communities for over 111 years, operating sites across NSW and QLD.Our services include: Headspace centres (for individuals aged 12-25) Head to Health centres and satellite sites (for adults) Universal aftercare services Psychosocial support programs Clinical care and coordination We are dedicated to collaborating with our health partners, stakeholders, local communities, and families to consistently deliver safe, high-quality, recovery-oriented care.For queries contact Michelle Underhill on ****** or to apply hit 'Apply now', www.openminds.org.au Diversity is Strength.We encourage people from diverse ages, gender, identity, cultural backgrounds and experience including First nations peoples, Cultural and linguistically diverse, LBGBTQIA+, lived/ peer, mental health experience, to apply for this position.Open Minds acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we all work, live and play on.We pay our respects to the Elders past and present and extend that respect to all First Nations Peoples.We reflect upon the millions of footprints that are embedded into the earth from our Ancestors, the pathways that were forged, the meaning they leave behind and the continuation of the traditions through the next generations.