Employment Type: Permanent Full Time or Part Time, up to 38 hours per week
Location: Bankstown Community Health Centre
Position Classification: Clinical Nurse Specialist, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Senior Psychologist, Social Worker
Remuneration: Based on Classification
Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2: $57.11 - $58.98 per hour
Clinical Psychologist: $55.09 - $67.15 per hour
Occupational Therapist Level 3: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour
Senior Psychologist: $60.12 - $65.14 per hour
Social Worker Level 3: $56.68 - $58.52 per hour

Requisition ID: REQ578450
Application Close Date: 09/06/2025
Interview Date Range: 11/06/2025 – 18/06/2025
Contact Details: Chenyll Paulus – 0460 019 707 | [email protected]

About the Opportunity
We're hiring senior clinicians to join our dynamic Safeguards and Youth Mental Health Initiative teams—make a real impact in community mental health.

Youth Mental Health Initiative:
The Youth Mental Health Initiative is an exciting new initiative to improve early access to care for 12–25-Year-olds presenting to headspace services with severe and complex mental health needs and facilitate transition between services when needed.

The successful incumbents will be attached to the specialist mental health team, with time co-located within the headspace centre.

The staff will carry a case load as well as collaborating with headspace and the LHD to enhance youth mental health pathways and services. This will be achieved by collaborating with partner agencies, developing referral pathways and ensuring timely transition of care between the partner services.

Safeguards:
The Safeguards Child and Adolescent Mental Health Response Team is a brand-new, dedicated service is designed to support children and adolescents (ages 0-17) experiencing acute mental health distress, providing them with the urgent care they need.

As a Safeguards clinician, you’ll be part of a dynamic, mobile, and community-based team delivering rapid, intensive, and evidence-based interventions to help resolve mental health crises. You’ll work closely with children, families, and schools to provide wraparound support in the places they need it most—at home, in school, and beyond. You’ll also play a vital role in ensuring continuity of care, connecting young people with the right follow-up services and resources.

The Bankstown Mental Health Service is located in middle of Bankstown, a vibrant and multicultural community.

We are within walking distant to public transport, both buses and trains (5 minutes) from the Community Health centre. There is also free all-day parking and street parking available.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a cutting-edge team and be part of a new service to deliver Mental Health support to young people and their families in our community. If you’re ready to make an impact and help shape the future of youth mental health care, we want to hear from you!

What You'll be Doing
As a senior clinician provide leadership, mentorship and supervision, to ensure the delivery of evidence-based, strengths focused, recovery orientated assessment and treatment within a multi-disciplinary team. Carry a clinical caseload, appropriate to the needs of the service.

Where You'll Be Working
SWSLHD Community Mental Health Services provide comprehensive, community-based mental health care across South Western Sydney.

These services cater to different age groups, including children, adolescents, adults, and older persons, ensuring specialised care throughout various life stages. The multidisciplinary teams offer a range of supports, including mental health assessments, crisis intervention, care coordination, and therapy. They work closely with inpatient services, GPs, and other community organisations to provide holistic care.

The focus on community health and wellbeing makes SWSLHD Community Mental Health Services an ideal place to work, providing opportunities for professional growth and the chance to make a meaningful impact on the community.

How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.

1. Relevant qualification/ registration in one of the disciplines, as noted in the essential criteria (please refer to the position description)
2. Demonstrated experience providing advanced evidence based, strengths focused, recovery orientated assessment and treatment for consumers of the mental health service.
3. Demonstrated commitment to the philosophy and practice of consumer’s families and natural supports participating within the treatment process, as appropriate and in accordance with the NSW Mental Health Act 2007.
4. Demonstrated skills in clinical leadership and clinical supervision within a multi-disciplinary treatment setting.
5. Effective interpersonal skills, problem solving skills and personal resilience.
6. Highly developed written and verbal communication skills and competence in the use of information technology systems.
7. Demonstrated leadership in the planning, implementation and evaluation of local service delivery incorporating the quality improvement process.
8. Ability to work independently and in consultation with the multidisciplinary team.
9. Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.

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Additional Information

Salary Packaging
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees are able to enjoy the benefits of salary packing. Visit Smart Salary for more details.

Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.

Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.