Welcome to Southern
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time
Location: Bega
Position Classification: Dependent Upon Qualifications
Remuneration:
Clinical Nurse Specialist Gde 2: $64.71 to $66.84 per hour
Psychologist: $40.58 - $59.39 per hour
Occupational Therapist Level 3: $58.95 to $60.86 per hour
Social Worker Level 3: $58.95 to $60.86 per hour
Hours Per Week: 16
Requisition ID: REQ677418
Applications Close: 16 July 2026
Interview Details: Scheduled within 10 days of closing
About the service
Community Mental Health Clinicians - Making a Real Difference in People’s Lives
Are you passionate about supporting mental wellness in the community?
At Southern, our Community Mental Health Clinicians provide expert assessment, therapy, and care coordination for individuals navigating mental health challenges - right where they live. You’ll be part of a compassionate, multidisciplinary team committed to promoting recovery and resilience.
Make a real difference - support mental health recovery where people live, work, and thrive.
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What you'll be doing
The Pathways to Community Living Initiative (PCLI) is a coordinated state-wide approach to supporting people with severe and persistent mental illness and complex needs, who have had long hospital stays, are at risk of long stays or experience frequent admissions, to re-establish their lives successfully in the community.
The role of the Senior PCLI Clinician is to provide evidence-based care that supports safe transitions of consumers into care in a community setting (or appropriate inpatient setting) based on the individual consumer's strengths, needs and wishes. The position reports to the PCLI Coordinator and works collaboratively with existing inpatient and community teams, consumers, carers, NGO’s and other key stakeholders in the coordination of day-to-day work practices to support assessment and safe transitions of consumers into care while promoting effective participation in mental health treatment, support and recovery.
This role will carry a clinical caseload, and operate within the PCLI Model of Care, championing practice improvement through collaboration, ensuring delivery of evidence-based, strengths focused, recovery orientated assessment and treatment.
Selection Criteria
- Relevant tertiary qualifications and current registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) for Registered Nurses, Occupational Therapists or Psychologists, or eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) for Social Workers. See Essential Criteria 1 for additional information.
- Demonstrated advanced clinical skills in mental health and discipline specific assessments and interventions, experience working with people with severe and persistent mental illness.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Strategic Plans, and Policy Frameworks which impact on current mental health practice (including PCLI).
- Demonstrated capacity to function at an advanced clinical level and to provide clinical leadership and supervision, within a multi-disciplinary treatment setting and share professional expertise with colleagues and service partners to enhance recovery-oriented service delivery.
- Demonstrated effective communication, interpersonal, problem-solving and organisational skills with ability to manage competing demands and develop and maintain effective partnerships with a range of key stakeholders including GPs, non- government organisations, inpatient and community mental health teams, consumers and carer.
- Demonstrated ability to champion practice improvement through participation in quality improvement, service development, education and training, and other activities to facilitate continual improvements in the quality and safety of care.
- Demonstrated effective communication, interpersonal and problem-solving skills with ability to develop and maintain effective partnerships with a range of key stakeholders including, GPs, non- government organisations, inpatient and community mental health teams, consumers and carers.
- Evidence of a current unrestricted drivers' licence and the ability to maintain. Ability and willingness to drive/travel as the role requires. This may involve driving long distances and overnight stays.
We look forward to learning more about you and what you can bring to our team
Information for applicants
Southern NSW Local Health District is committed to closing the gap in health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. As part of this commitment, the Stepping Up website has been developed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander job applicants through the NSW Health recruitment process. The site provides guidance, resources, and tools to help applicants confidently apply for roles and build meaningful careers in health.
This is a Category A position. Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with NSW Health policy directive PD2026_004: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases for Category A positions prior to offer. All new employees must agree to comply with the requirements outlined in the policy.
Southern NSW Local Health District is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel safe, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.
At Southern NSW Local Health District, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a workplace where diversity is celebrated, inclusion is part of everyday practice, and our people are supported to succeed. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ people, and others who bring diverse experiences and perspectives to our workforce. For more information, click here.
If you require any accommodations or adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply or at any stage of the process. We will work with you to meet your needs and create the best possible experience. Please contact [email protected] for confidential support to ensure an equitable, barrier-free application process.
To be eligible for permanent employment in this position you must be an Australian Citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia, or a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport. For more information, please see www.immi.gov.au
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For role related queries or questions contact Gillian Isaac on [email protected] or phone: 02 6150 7283.
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