• Role Title: Community Mental Health Clinician
• Role Type: Permanent Full-time
• Role Grade: Social Work Level 1/2
• Department and Location: Community Mental Health, St Vincent's Hospital Darlinghurst
• Salary: $73,427 - $104,752 + Super + Salary Packaging

Better and fairer care. Always.
We are St Vincent's Health Australia, Australia's largest not-for-profit provider of health and aged care services.

Founded by The Sisters of Charity in 1857, our +30,000 healthcare superheroes operate public and private hospitals, residential aged care, community and virtual care, and outreach programs.

About the Role:

• Permanent, full-time position providing crisis assessments, interventions, counselling, and psychoeducation, while coordinating access to psychosocial supports and community services tailored to individual needs in acute care services.
• Proactively monitor and respond to changes in consumer risk status, ensuring timely, clinically appropriate escalation and intervention.
• Foster strong collaboration with internal teams and external partners - including health professionals, crisis accommodation services, and the Homeless Health Assertive Outreach team - to ensure seamless, coordinated care.
• Champion consumer advocacy by addressing personal needs, concerns, and preferences, in full compliance with the NSW Mental Health Act (2007; amended 2015).
• Support a culture of learning and improvement by contributing to staff development, delivering training within the multidisciplinary team, and participating in ongoing service enhancement initiatives.

About You:

• Degree in Social Work, eligible for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) and a full Australian driver's licence.
• Experience in community mental health, with confidence in acute and triage settings, risk assessment, and crisis intervention.
• Committed to holistic, person-centred practice that includes families and carers as part of the care team.
• A natural collaborator who builds strong, purposeful partnerships across services to deliver seamless, compassionate wraparound support for complex caseloads
• You're highly organised, with excellent communication skills and confidence using electronic medical records to manage complex caseloads.

Why Work at St Vincent's?

• Join us on our mission to provide care to all, including the most at-risk people in our community
• Discounted access to many gyms for you and your family with Fitness Passport
• Access to discounted private health insurance with Medibank
• Access to a government salary sacrifice program to make a proportion of your salary tax-free
• Financial support for educational development, scholarship programs, paid study leave

About the Hospital:
In this role, you will be based at St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst.

• A busy inner-city hospital in a beautiful location
• Surrounded by great cafes, galleries, and theatres, parks, nightlife, and nearby glorious beaches
• A place of expert clinical care for at-risk people
• Closely partnered with universities & affiliated research institutes, many of which are located on-campus
• Centres of excellence include heart & lung transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, cardiology, cancer care, AIDS/HIV, respiratory medicine, mental health, homeless health, drug & alcohol services, and correctional health

Pre-employment Checks:
Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role-required pre-employment checks, including relevant immunisations.

Equal Opportunity:
We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone.

How to Apply:
The closing date for applications is 9 September 2025

Please submit your resume and a brief cover letter highlighting how your interest, skills, and experience align with the role and address each of the criteria.

Further information please contact [email protected].

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.