Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Occupational Therapist Level 1 and 2, Psychologist,
Registered Nurse, Social Worker Level 1 and 2.
Remuneration: $72,152.53 - $113,226.00 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ556647
Applications Close: Sunday, 16 March 2025

Perinatal Mental Health Clinician - Royal Hospital for Women

The Royal Hospital For Women is a multi-faceted tertiary referral and teaching hospital offering women a wide range of comprehensive women's health services. It is one of the world's leading hospitals for mothers and babies and for women with benign gynaecological and gynae-oncology conditions. The hospital is committed to the provision of excellence in health care for women as well as continued research into how to best provide that care. The Royal Hospital for Women is the only stand-alone Women's Hospital in New South Wales providing unique opportunities for innovative clinical practice initiatives. It is part of South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) and is co-located with other hospitals on the Randwick Hospitals Campus. The Campus offers one of the State's most comprehensive ranges of facilities and expertise in health care. The Royal Hospital for Women is close to some of Sydney's best beaches, restaurants and sporting facilities and only fifteen (15) minutes from the Sydney Central Business District and harbour, adding a quality lifestyle to the satisfaction that comes from working within a committed and decided team. The Royal Hospital for Women is situated between the University of New South Wales and Coogee Beach.

What You'll Be Doing:
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is ‘ exceptional care, healthier lives’. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it. The Perinatal Mental Health Outreach Clinician is part of the RHW Perinatal & Women’s Mental Health Service and provides clinical assessment and care for women located within the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney who experience mental health issues during the perinatal period and who have or are birthing at RHW. Care is provided within the hospital, outpatient clinic and through home-visiting for up to one year postpartum. The Outreach Clinician works in close collaboration with the Mental Health Clinical Midwife Consultant (CMC).South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is committed to improving the care provided to our patients in line with our vision of Working together to improve the health and wellbeing of our community.

The position involves conducting mental health and risk assessment, determining patient needs for psychotherapeutic intervention, referral to the psychiatrist and provision of short-term appropriate structured therapies for women in later pregnancy and up to the first year postpartum living in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The clinician will predominantly be seeing women in their homes and / or the outpatient clinic at Royal Hospital for Women (RHW). Job sharing and part-time work will be considered but it is preferable that the applicant is able to work on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

South Eastern Sydney Local Health District is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.

Applicants invited to attend an interview will need to complete to complete the SESLHD Pre-employment Health Declaration Form in addition to the recruitment documentation forms required as part of their application.

Benefits:

• Up to 12 allocated days off each year (for full-time employees) in addition to annual leave.
• Salary packaging options that reduce your taxable income and increase your take-home pay! Up to $9K for living expenses and $2.6K meal & entertainment & Novated Leasing.
• Discounted gym memberships with a Fitness Passport
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for employees and family members.
• Discounted Private Health Insurance.
• For Nurses – Opportunity to apply for Continuing Education allowance based on tertiary qualifications attained where applicable.
• For Nurses – Opportunity to obtain Clinical Nurse Specialist status where relevant.

Selection Criteria:

1. A mental health clinician with either a degree in Psychology, Social Work, Nursing/Midwifery with further Psychiatric Training.
2. Unconditional AHPRA registration as appropriate to their profession
3. Demonstrated extensive experience working within a mental health service in hospital and community settings, with highly developed skills in mental health assessments, risk assessment and management
4. Demonstrated counselling skills and ability to exercise judgement concerning the selection and application of principles, methods and techniques of individual and mother-infant psychological therapies.
5. Experience and skills in interagency collaboration within and external to the hospital
6. Ability to work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team.
7. Experience working with families experiencing severe and complex social and psychiatric problems in the perinatal period and knowledge and understanding of child protection issues and procedure for intervention.
8. Current unrestricted drivers’ licence.

Need More Information?
1) Click here for the Position Description and SESLHD Expected Standards
2) Find out more about applying for this position
For role related queries or questions contact Helen Konowec on [email protected]

Our CORE Values are Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment and have been created by employees for employees and help define how we work and to inspire positive interactions in the workplace.

Reasonable Adjustments:
NSW Health recognises everyone is unique, and that you may require some adjustments to ensure you have the best opportunity to apply. If we can make some adjustments to the NSW Health recruitment/interview process, then please email [email protected] and let us know. Adjustments may include but are not limited to, physical requirements, interview setups and specific interview availability times where required.

Information For Applicants:

• An eligibility list may be created for future vacancies.
• Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
• Applicants will be assessed against the essential requirements and selection criteria contained within the position description.
• Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specific Diseases for all positions prior to offer.
• SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. We do have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support ([email protected]) and for additional information please visit our Stepping Up Website

SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can also provide support. Please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email [email protected] should you require support.