Clinical Lead

For all people in Australia living with mental health and wellbeing challenges to live a life that is meaningful to them.

POSITION DETAILS

• Full-Time, Permanent)
• Classification: Registered Nurse Level 3: $125,515 - $132,352 per annum (pro rata if part-time) + Superannuation OR
• Classification: Health Professional Level Level 3: $114,272 - $129,941 per annum (pro rata if part-time) + Superannuation
• Salary packaging arrangements providing tax benefits available for living and entertainment expenses increasing your take home income where part of your wage is paid tax free each pay, savings thousands in tax each year
• Location: [this role will be based across Neami's Campbelltown and Liverpool offices

ABOUT YOUR NEW ROLE

As the Clinical Lead for Universal Aftercare, you will draw on your discipline specific skills to provide clinical oversight, supervision and leadership to a multidisciplinary team. This will include reviewing referrals, providing clinical advice, facilitating case reviews and providing education to the team. As a Registered Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Registered Nurse or AASW-eligible Social Worker, you will facilitate robust clinical governance within the service and team. You will work closely with the Service Manager and be responsible for clinical and incident risk management, maintaining and enhancing urgent care and escalation protocols regarding risk and complexity.

Funded by the South Western Sydney Primary Health Network, Universal Aftercare is a non-clinical, psychosocial support service that provides follow-up care to people after a suicidal crisis or suicide attempt.

Universal Aftercare provides empathetic and non-judgemental connection and psychosocial support during this difficult time to people and their families and carers. Universal Aftercare is delivered in the form of assertive outreach in the community for a period of up to three months. People accessing the program receive individually tailored support to people to connect them to both clinical and community-based services to meet their needs, while also enhancing connection to supportive local networkssuch as family, friends, peers and carers.

Universal Aftercare focuses on promoting strength and resilience and improving the capacity of consumers to identify the drivers of distress, manage distress and improve overall wellbeing

ABOUT NEAMI NATIONAL

We're Neami. We're big believers in everyone having the opportunity to live a full life. We support people to achieve wellbeing and mental health outcomes that matter to them. We provide services across Australia for mental healthand wellbeing, housing and homelessness, and suicide prevention.

For some people, this means having a stronger sense of self. For others, it may mean nurturing relationships or building the confidence to tackle tomorrow. We support people to improve their quality of life in a way that suits them.

We're proud to support 34,000+ people living with mental health challenges each year across Australia and offer services over 40 different Indigenous lands.

Values

Together with our vision and purpose, our values define who we are and guide the way we operate. They are fundamental to our identity, and we align all our actions with them.

• Connecting
• Collaborating
• Learning
• Belonging

WHAT WILL NEAMI OFFER

• Generous leave entitlements including Wellness Leave and Parental Leave (pro-rata if part-time)
• Access to paid study leave and discipline-specific paid external supervision
• 17.5% Annual Leave Loading
• Flexible work arrangements are available for maintaining your work-life balance
• Professional development through regular practice development sessions and coaching with your supervisor
• Ongoing extensive in-house Learning and Development programs to encourage learning and skill-building
• Fitness Passport membership to support your health and wellbeing (available in most States/Territories and subject to minimum working hours and/or length of service)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through TELUS - providing holistic health and wellness supports and resources to Neami staff and their immediate family

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE ROLE

• Formal tertiary qualifications in Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy or related
• Current full registration as an Enrolled Nurse/Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), OR
• Currentfull registration as a Psychologist, Occupational Therapist or Registered Nurse with current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA), OR
• Current full registration as a Social Worker with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), or be eligible to hold membership with the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)
• Position Description - Essential Requirements

The Clinical Lead will be expected to be a Registered Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, Registered Nurse or Social Worker with a current annual practicing certificate from the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency essential, or a Social Worker with eligibility to register with the Australian Association of Social Work.

• Substantial work experience delivering interventions with consumers experiencing distress, suicidality and/or mental health challenges.
• A strong understanding of supporting people experiencing emotional distress through their recovery journey; and an ability to articulate and promote the value of and strengths gainedfrom lived experiences of recovery
• Demonstrate strong understanding of service development, integration, and a thorough understanding of existing community services and mental health services systems
• Proven ability to use initiative and encourage collaborative teamwork, maintain confidentiality and build trust to deal with sensitive and difficult situations in an empathetic manner
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including ability to adapt communication style to meet the needs of a diverse range of people.
• Engage consumers, using a strengths-based approach.
• Experience working with client information systems, maintaining accurate documentation and data collection.
• Uphold ethical behaviour, consistent with the values of honesty, fairness, responsibility and hope
• Demonstrate integrity, credibility and ability to foster open communication
• Proven ability to work autonomously with minimal supervision and to prioritise multiple tasks to meet conflicting deadlines.
• Ability to establish respectful professional relationships that have clear boundaries
• Proven ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a team.
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and build trust to deal with sensitive and difficult situations in an empathetic manner.
• Ability to work productively in a fast paced, changing and agile environment
• Ability to adapt communication style to meet the needs of a diverse range of people.
• Demonstrate self-awareness and ability to reflect and handle feedback well and learn from it
• Strong computer and organisation skills including the ability to use Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams and PowerPoint

Desirable

• Post Graduate qualifications in Mental Health
• Mental Health accreditation
• Held positions of leadership in a mental health service setting
• Work experience delivering psychosocial interventions with consumers experiencing mental health challenges
• Experience supporting consumers and helping navigate to referral pathways or knowledge of referral pathways and the local community services sector
• Adequately trained in mental health assessment and referral skills; and
• Experience using crisis intervention techniques and escalation procedures

WHAT THE ROLE REQUIRES

• National Criminal History Check (police check) - disclosable outcomes considered
• Current Working with Children Check - required before commencement of work
• Australian working rights
• A valid Australian Drivers License

HOW TO APPLY

The terms and conditions of the role are listed in the position description which can be found on the Neami Job Vacancy portal(please select the paperclip icon in the top right-hand corner).

To apply for this position, please:

• Click the 'Apply' button where you will need to create a username and password
• Upload your resume and cover letter.

When applying for this position, you are asked to tell us about your previous work experience, your suitability for this role and your answers to any target questions (where asked). Please include in your application how you would prefer to be contacted (whether via email, text or phone call).

If you have any further questions not addressed in the job advertisement or position description, or if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact:

Aretha Paterson Service Manager - 0400 607 391 [email protected]

If you are excited about this role, but only meet some of the requirements, we encourage you to call or email us to talk about this opportunity. We're passionate about creating opportunities and supporting professional development.

If your application is shortlisted:

• We may invite you to have an informal phone conversation to discuss the role and get to know more about your experience and interest and answer your questions.
• We may invite you to an interview (which may be in person or conducted online via Microsoft Teams) with up to three panel members from Neami.

Applications Close: 21 September 2025

Be Yourself - Neami values and celebrates diversity including multidisciplinary teams and the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community. First Nations people, those identifying asLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse people are encouraged to apply. Our aim is to create a workforce that is accessible, inclusive and reflects the community in which we live.

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