"Mental Health Response Lead"

Student Support and Wellbeing Service and UQ Health Care.

Shape the mental health journey of UQ students by leading intake, assessment and access to support.

Salary in the range $117,958 to $132,247 with 17% superannuation.

Full-time, fixed term position until March 2027 - Based at our St Lucia campus.

About This Opportunity

Join UQ’s Student Support & Wellbeing Services (SSWS) in a pivotal fixed term role that shapes the mental health journey of our vibrant and diverse student community. 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 will include:

• 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 UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave/paid primary care leave
• 17% superannuation contributions + 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• Career development opportunities –access to exclusive internal-only vacancies and our Study for Staff program
• On campus childcare options
• Affordable parking (from just $6.40 a day)
• Salary packaging options

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.

The successful candidate must have full work rights in Australia and may be required to complete background checks including, criminal history and education checks.

Appointment to this position requires certified copies for proof of qualification/registration/membership with the appropriate authority within Australia to be provided to their manager, prior to the commencement of clinical duties.

The employee to be, and remain, vaccinated against the following vaccine preventable diseases during their employment: measles, mumps, rubella, varicella (chicken pox), pertussis (whooping cough) and hepatitis B.

You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.

Questions?

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Sheldon Pace on s.pace@uq.edu.au

For application inquiries, please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team at talent@uq.edu.au, stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line.

Want to Apply?

We welcome applications from all individuals and are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. To be considered, please ensure you upload:

• Resume
• A cover letter summarising how your background aligns with the 'About You' section

Our strength as an institution lies in our diverse colleagues. We're dedicated to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an environment that mirrors our wider community. We're committed to attracting, retaining, and promoting diverse talent, particularly from Australia’s First Nations Peoples. If you require an alternative method to submit your application due to accessibility needs or personal circumstances, please contact talent@uq.edu.au.

Other Information

UQ is committed to a fair, equitable and inclusive selection process, which recognises that some applicants may face additional barriers and challenges which have impacted and/or continue to impact their career trajectory. Candidates who don’t meet all criteria are encouraged to apply and demonstrate their potential. The selection panel considers both potential and performance relative to opportunities when assessing suitability for the role.

Applications close 16th March 2026 at 11.00pm AEST (R-61381).