Description
Location: Burdekin Community Mental Health Service | Ayr, Queensland
Permanent Full-time | 76 hours per fortnight
Remuneration package up to $132,567 p.a. + incentives and benefits
Make a meaningful difference in a supportive community mental health service while developing your clinical skills across a diverse and complex caseload.
Join a collaborative multidisciplinary team delivering evidence-based occupational therapy interventions within a supportive and well-established community service.
This role offers the opportunity to work across the lifespan, build strong therapeutic and functional recovery skills, and be supported by experienced clinicians within a service that values reflective practice, shared learning and high-quality care.
About the Opportunity
The Rural and Remote Mental Health Program delivers mental health and alcohol and other drug services to communities across the Townsville Hospital and Health Service region.
Based at Ayr Hospital, this position sits within the Burdekin Community Mental Health Service.
As an Occupational Therapist (Mental Health Clinician), you will:
- Provide occupational therapy assessment, formulation and evidence-based interventions
- Work with consumers experiencing complex and severe mental health and AOD presentations
- Deliver care across the lifespan within a community mental health setting
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and external providers
- Contribute to integrated, person-centred models of care with a focus on functional recovery, independence and meaningful occupation
- Be supported to further develop your clinical skills and therapeutic approaches
Why Join This Team
- Supportive and collaborative team culture
- Strong focus on reflective practice and shared learning
- Structured orientation and access to senior clinical guidance
- Opportunities to build confidence and expand therapeutic skills
- Meaningful, community-focused work
What You’ll Bring
- Skills in occupational therapy assessment, formulation and evidence-based intervention in a mental health setting
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
- Commitment to person-centred, recovery-oriented care
- Strong communication and clinical reasoning skills
- Interest in working with complex mental health and AOD presentations
- Motivation to contribute to a community-focused service
Benefits & Remuneration
Join a service that values professional development, staff wellbeing and clinical excellence.
You will enjoy:
- 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
- 17.5% recreational leave loading + generous leave entitlements
- Salary packaging options to increase take-home pay
- Annual professional development allowance + dedicated PD leave
- Flexible working arrangements may be available
- Structured orientation and ongoing supervision support
- Supportive team environment with strong peer and senior clinician support
- Assistance with relocation expenses may be available for eligible candidates
What You’ll Need
Mandatory
- A tertiary degree (or equivalent) qualification in Occupational Therapy
- Registration with the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (AHPRA)
Desirable
- Eligibility for appointment as an Authorised Mental Health Practitioner
Lifestyle & Location
Ayr offers a relaxed, friendly rural lifestyle with affordable living and a strong sense of community.
Located just over an hour from Townsville, you’ll enjoy the benefits of regional living while remaining connected to a major centre. With easy access to coastal areas and natural attractions, Ayr provides a balanced and rewarding lifestyle.
If you’re looking for a role where you can make a genuine difference in the community while continuing to develop your clinical expertise, we’d love to hear from you.
Enquiries:Brian McRoberts on (07) 4433 0890 | [email protected]
Apply online:https://apply-springboard.health.qld.gov.au/jobs/QLD-TV685808
Applications close:Sunday, 1 August 2026
