Community Mental Health Clinician

Job Description:

• 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 TalentHealthNSW@svha.org.au.

Respectfully, this role is not open to recruitment agencies.

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https://www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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