Suicide Prevention Clinician – Wagga Wagga and Griffith
Do you have a passion for helping others? This maybe the role for you!!
Be part of the vibrant and professional team improving and enriching the health of our communities every day.
Our benefits:
Financial:
12% superannuation
Salary packaging and novated leasing
Annual leave with 17.5% leave loading (for full-time and part-time staff)
Work-Life Balance:
Flexible work options, including hybrid and varied hours (depending on the role)
Paid maternity and parental leave (for more information)
Generous leave options like long service and carers leave
Health & Wellbeing:
Discounted gym membership through Fitness Passport
Free and confidential support for staff and their families via our Staff Wellbeing and Support Service (EAP)
Wellbeing programs that promote mental health, resilience, and balance
Employment type: Permanent Full / Part Time and Casual opportunities
Position classification: Psychologist / Registered Nurse / Social Worker Level 1/2 / Counsellor (with PACFA) Level 1/2
Remuneration: $64,985.00 – $117,755.00 per annum (+ super +17.5% leave loading where applicable)
Hours per week: up to 38
Requisition ID: REQ673316
Vaccination Category: A
Location: Wagga and Griffith
About the Service
This predominantly clinical position involves working within the Suicide Prevention Team including SPOT [Suicide Prevention Outreach Team] and Safe Haven services. Working within a small team of peer workers and clinicians, the Suicide Prevention Team aim for a 'no wrong door' approach to ensure people have access to the support they need in a warm and welcoming, non-threatening environment.
Clinicians working in the Suicide Prevention service will deliver support that aligns with the principles of step up/step down care. This includes making referrals/links to a range of community-based services for ongoing support (step down), or escalating concerns over consumer wellbeing to relevant clinical services for follow up (step up). It will also include health promotion activities.
Team members will be rostered to both SPOT or Safe Haven services dependant on availability and service need. The service currently operates 5 days a week from Thursday to Monday from 1:30PM-10:00PM with the potential of moving to a 7 day service .
After hours, evenings and weekend work will be a requirement of the role.
About the role
The SPOT is a virtual outreach service providing afterhours care and follow-up to people experiencing or recovering from suicidal distress. The service works from a 'buddy' approach where clinicians and peer workers work together, collaboratively with the consumer, to respond to suicidal crisis.
Using virtual technology, the SPOT clinician and peer worker provide evidence based, recovery-oriented care for people in suicidal crisis, including crisis response, psychosocial support, assessment, safety planning, assertive follow up, recovery/wellness planning, advocacy, and identification of community supports.
SPOT staff may be involved in contact with community groups and service awareness raising activities to promote 'case finding' as part of the service.
The Safe Haven is a walk-in service that provides an alternative to visiting an ED or remaining in ED unnecessarily. Peer workers with lived experience provide compassionate, immediate, supportive, and welcoming responses for people experiencing suicidal crisis. Information about and links to community-based services such as housing, relationship counselling or financial assistance are provided to help alleviate distress. Clinicians are available as required to provide support to peer workers, therapeutic assessment for guests, evidence based treatments and brief, limited care coordination.
Candidates will be required to meet the following criteria:
Australian recognised Qualifications and appropriate peak body memberships
Ability to work after hours / evenings and weekends
NSW Working with children clearance
Compliance with Vaccination category A
Current driver’s licence and willingness to travel as required
More information:
1) Download the Position Description
2) Find out more about applying for this position.
For role related queries or questions contact Joel O'Loughlin, Manager Suicide Prevention Outreach Team & Safe Havens 0401 755 870 or [email protected]
Applications close: 7 July 2026
This is a NSW Health Category A position which requires immunisation and screening for certain diseases. The full list of requirements are outlined in the NSW Health OASV Policy (Page 11). You will be required to complete the OASV Undertaking/ Declaration Form and TB Assessment Tool during the recruitment process. Please upload this with your application along with any other vaccination evidence that you may have.
MLHD values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
NSW Health is committed to implementing the Child Safe Standards.
